Chapter Summaries

Jiang Han received a fashionable new dress made by Cat Falian, while Olivia warmly rewarded the Cat Lamp for her work. Jiang Han took Cat Falian out to Xue Nan’s Witch House, where they encountered witches’ popular Rabbit Hole Wineries.

• Cat Falian finished Jiang Han’s starry-black dress, and Jiang Han happily admired it while Meow Yi Ao and Olivia commented on how it looked.
• Olivia praised Cat Falian, hugged her, and arranged for Cat Rina to take her to Xue Nan’s Witch House for Mushroom Bubble and a fashion magazine.
• Olivia told Cat Falian she understood what Cat Lamps liked and promised to share Green Fungus Grass and watch cat golf with her on a future visit to the Cat World.
• Jiang Han put on her down jacket, carried the ecstatic Cat Falian outside, and asked why she was so excited.
• Jiang Han and Cat Falian passed Rabbit Hole Wineries, where bunny-costumed witches solicited customers, and Cat Falian complained that witches loved cliché animal ears.

Jiang Han treated Cat Falian to a bottle of Mushroom Bubble at the bar, where the witches teased her about her closeness to Cat Lamps. After seeing Cat Falian enjoy the wine, Jiang Han planned to invest in small cat-steaming rooms for the Cat Lamps on Giant Cat Island.

• Tang Wen and Chu Yujun wondered whether Jiang Han had brought Cat Falian to the bar to buy her a drink.
• Jiang Han insisted she wanted to treat Cat Falian, and Lu Jieshan and Lin Liwan speculated about what kind of Cat Lamp girl she might become.
• Chu Yujun opened a bottle of rock-salt Mushroom Bubble and served it to Cat Falian in a cat-friendly barrel mug.
• Cat Falian eagerly drank the wine, easing Jiang Han's concern that she might be a poor host.
• Jiang Han asked Chu Yujun to tell Ningzhuang Bao Bao to develop a small cat-steaming box for the Cat Lamps, planning to invest her twenty thousand yuan in the facilities.

Jiang Han arrived at the Alliance Cup Banquet on Snow Phoebe Lake and navigated its strict social customs while waiting for the other witches to arrive. Histeria had come early to keep her company, and the banquet had not yet officially begun.

• Jiang Han arrived at the banquet entrance in a carriage, struggled in her high heels, and hid the Bone-Eating Sword, Adeline, beneath her dress.
• Lilith landed at the entrance with dragon wings that transformed into two tiny Dragon Ragdolls.
• Jiang Han presented her credentials to the ratfolk witch from the Witch Agency and was welcomed into the banquet hall.
• Jiang Han entered the hall, saw ghost Cat Lamps working as attendants, and found that few witches had arrived.
• Histeria came early to keep Jiang Han company while they waited for Angelite and the others.

Jiang Han and Histeria compared their concealed weapons and exchanged Bone-Eating Light Swords at the banquet. Their conversation drew in witches from the card-playing and Light Sword Research societies, who were also passing the time while waiting for the larger circles.

• Jiang Han asked Histeria why witches could not bring pocket spaces to formal gatherings, and Histeria said witches could manage with a wand.
• Histeria revealed pistols and Bone-Eating Light Swords hidden beneath her gown, then explained why witches favored the weapons as backups.
• Jiang Han showed Histeria her Type III Bone-Eating Light Sword, and Histeria lent her a Type II in exchange.
• Witches from the card-playing and Light Sword Research societies arrived and argued over which club had come first.
• Jiang Han and Histeria joined the smaller clubs in looking through card manuals and light swords.

Jiang Han learned why the Witch Agency was called the Mystery Agency while sharing a dinner with Xiya and tasting its dragon-tomato sauce. She and Xiya noticed a Witch Agency employee and a Meow Yi Ao spy watching them, then turned their conversation to Fisherwoman spells.

• Xiya led Jiang Han to dinner, where Jiang Han tried the Witch Agency's dragon-tomato sauce and eagerly asked for more.
• Xiya explained that the Witch Agency was known as the Mystery Agency because its headquarters, operations, and employees were difficult to identify.
• Jiang Han realized she knew almost nothing about the organization that ruled the witch world.
• Jiang Han used her cat ears to spot a horned rat Witch Agency employee taking notes and a Meow Yi Ao spy watching through a ghostly Cat Lamp.
• Jiang Han and Xiya changed the subject to Fisherwoman spells, which Jiang Han could learn quickly with her Cat Lamp abilities and Eileen's experience.

Jiang Han attended the Alliance Cup drawing banquet, where Angelite calmed the unruly witches and delivered opening remarks. The drawing placed the Sea Shepherds in the same group as the Forest People and four rookie teams.

• Histeria introduced Jiang Han to prominent witches and shared stories about them.
• Jiang Han joined the Ghost Witch circle, where Roxanne and the Ratfolk Witches started smoking and filled the banquet hall with smoke.
• Angelite quieted the guests, delivered a humorous speech against smoking, and restored the banquet’s cheerful atmosphere.
• Xiya told Jiang Han that Angelite disliked banquets despite her graceful manners and social skill.
• The drawing placed the Sea Shepherds in the same group as the Forest People and four rookie teams.

After the Alliance Cup banquet, Xiya asked Jiang Han about social invitations and learned that Jiang Han was planning a dragon-buying project. Jiang Han explained that she wanted to build a theme-park Sky Island beneath her Cat Lamp Island, and Xiya offered to help her find dragons cheaply.

• Xiya told Jiang Han that Duke Dulsong and Baroness Clara had asked about her, but Jiang Han remembered Clara as the witch who had nearly stepped on her cat tail.
• Jiang Han declined the after-party invitations, saying she needed to work on her dragon-buying plan.
• Jiang Han explained that she planned to build a theme-park Sky Island under Cat Lamp Island and stock it with dinosaurs and dragons for visitors.
• Jiang Han told Xiya that she had an agreement with several Giant Cat Lamps and was effectively their acting lord.
• Xiya praised Jiang Han's Cat Lamp Island and offered to connect her with friends who could let dragons go cheaply.

After receiving Histeria’s letter of introduction, Jiang Han visited Dragon Hall, a vast underwater ecological garden devoted to studying dragons. A Shrewmouse Witch maid welcomed her and explained the facility’s research into dragon species and evolution.

• Jiang Han arrived at AN1801 Skyreach Street and found the manor known as Dragon Hall.
• Two dragon witches checked Jiang Han’s letter of introduction and allowed her through the crystal passageway.
• Jiang Han entered Dragon Hall and saw its enormous hollow, segmented habitats, witch tower, and many dragons.
• A Shrewmouse Witch maid greeted Jiang Han and led her toward the tower.
• The Shrewmouse Witch maid explained that Dragon Hall housed 3,500 dragon species and that Witches hoped to learn from dragons’ evolution.

Jiang Han visited Rodjielin of Providence’s cramped, workshop-like witch tower and learned about the scholar’s reputation and connections. After Rodjielin introduced herself, Jiang Han used her knowledge of Rodjielin’s book to start a professional conversation.

• Jiang Han examined the tower’s unusual rooms, bookshelves, and automatic copying quills while waiting for its owner.
• Jiang Han reflected on the Witch Agency’s tax bureau, Eileen’s battles with it, and the coming millennium festival.
• Rodjielin came downstairs in a casual house dress and introduced herself as the witch of the tower.
• Jiang Han recognized Rodjielin as a celebrated dracology and witch ecology scholar who had won the Magic Web Crown sixteen years running.
• Jiang Han praised Rodjielin’s book Dragon Ecology and asked informed questions to build rapport.

Jiang Han persuaded Rodjielin to let her buy dragons from the Angelite-funded research base by presenting Xiya’s letter of introduction. As Rodjielin showed her the facility and explained Angelite’s research goals, she sensed an unusual fragrance in Jiang Han’s talent and compared it to Eileen’s.

• Jiang Han explained that she and Xiya wanted to build a dragon ecological park and promote dragon ecology while earning revenue.
• Rodjielin refused to sell Angelite’s assets privately, but accepted Xiya’s letter of introduction after seeing Angelite’s official seal.
• Rodjielin gave Jiang Han access to the enormous Dragon Research Institute and explained Angelite’s efforts to develop energy from dragons and Cat Lamps.
• Rodjielin described Angelite’s fear of ghosts and her determination to master necromancy, then spoke of sensing the fragrances of witches’ talents.
• Rodjielin told Jiang Han that her talent reminded her of Eileen, and Jiang Han lamented that she could not afford to buy many dragons.

After striking a lucrative dragon trade, Jiang Han returned home to find the Cat Lamps had wrecked the house during a drunken party. She cleaned up and questioned Olivia and Ovi Lamp, who defended their constant parties as a way for Cat Lamps to recharge.

• Jiang Han traded 49% ownership of Dragon Ecological Park for more than three hundred common dragon species and a large supply of dragon eggs.
• Jiang Han returned home and agreed to give Ice Bear five extra pieces of dragon jerky each day if it helped Cleya get to school.
• Jiang Han secretly fed leyline energy into the soil of her balcony garden to speed the growth of her plants.
• Jiang Han found snacks and beer strewn across the house while drunken Cat Lamps sang and Vera Lamp and Ovi Lamp fought with their tails.
• Jiang Han tossed the Cat Lamps out, summoned invisible servants to clean up, and pinned down Vera Lamp and Ovi Lamp.
• Jiang Han asked Olivia why the Cat Lamps partied every day, and Olivia insisted that parties charged them just like eating did.

Jiang Han struggled to find reliable information about Sea Shepherds Club’s first Alliance Cup opponent, OFA, until Olivia offered to gather intelligence from nearby Cat Lamps. Olivia promised to have it ready the next day, leaving Jiang Han with new hope for preparing for the match.

• Jiang Han studied the profiles of OFA’s witches and worried that the incomplete information could not reliably reveal their opponents’ abilities.
• Olivia took over Jiang Han’s sofa and insisted on watching catolf, while Jiang Han tried to keep studying.
• Jiang Han realized Olivia might be able to gather intelligence and asked her to review the materials.
• Olivia called the profiles garbage and threw them into the fireplace, then offered to get better intelligence from Cat Lamps near the contestants’ homes.
• Olivia promised Jiang Han she would have the intelligence by the next day.

Cat Lixiya, an ambitious Cat Lamp scout, wanted cats to learn farming and gain skills that would earn them a place in Witch society. Meow Yi Ao returned, encouraged her plan, and tasked her with gathering intelligence about the future of Cat Lamps.

• Cat Lixiya repaired a discarded computer with the other Cat Lamp girls and scolded lazy cats for nearly finishing the communal fish jerky.
• Cat Lixiya argued that Cat Lamps should learn to grow food, and she studied which kinds of Cat Lamps Witches valued most.
• Cat Lixiya prayed alone on the Sky Island, where Meow Yi Ao appeared and warned that cats gaining independence could unsettle Witches.
• Meow Yi Ao reassured Cat Lixiya that cats could gain access to education as more Cat Lamp Witches appeared and joined together.
• Cat Lixiya took Meow Yi Ao's old typewriter and returned to work as an intelligence scout.

Jiang Han returned from Anser Royal City with gemstones and read Cat Wei’s intelligence notebook, which recorded a witch’s training and spell development. Olivia revealed that the Cat Lamps’ research came from Cat Lixiya, whom she planned to introduce to Jiang Han.

• Jiang Han and the Cat Lamps retrieved gemstones from elven skeletons in Anser Royal City.
• Jiang Han brought the gemstones home and found Olivia gaming while Sha'er read a travel magazine and Vera slept.
• Jiang Han opened Cat Wei’s notebook and learned it contained detailed records and photographs of a witch’s training.
• Olivia explained that the gemstones would be exchanged for a book about cultivating Cat Lamps with planting abilities.
• Jiang Han praised the Cat Lamps’ intelligence work, and Olivia identified Cat Lixiya as the notebook’s author and offered to introduce her.

Jiang Han reviewed the Sea Shepherds’ lineup and the new match rules while weighing how to counter OFA’s technical duelist, Li Yanan. Olivia advised Jiang Han to use legendary spells, leaving her with a possible answer but no confirmed plan.

• Jiang Han assessed the Sea Shepherds’ roster and the new rules, which restricted mana recovery and changed how teams could reach overtime.
• Jiang Han identified Li Yanan as OFA’s main threat because of her rapid attacks, illusions, and Duel Guard expertise.
• Jiang Han considered whether to field herself or Chen Ligu first, since Chen Ligu was vulnerable to highly technical opponents.
• Olivia told Jiang Han to exploit Li Yanan’s lack of area attacks and use spells like Limited Wish, but Jiang Han explained that the spell was costly and difficult to learn.
• Jiang Han rejected using Heat Wave Breath because Li Yanan could counter it, and Olivia told her to use legendary spells.

Jiang Han struggled to cast legendary spells quickly, so Olivia taught her how to split a spell into smaller casts and store them in Storage Cat Lamps. The chapter left Jiang Han with a way to prepare legendary spells in advance, provided she recruited the cats and infused them before battle.

• Jiang Han worried that the eight-minute casting time for [Boundlessly Spreading Tide] made it impractical in a duel, and asked Olivia for advice.
• Olivia explained that Anjie used Overlapping Casting and Eileen used the Preloading Method, then recommended splitting a legendary spell into several lower-level spells.
• Olivia prompted Jiang Han to recall how Cat Lamps stored simple spell actions and identified Storage Cat Lamps as the type that specialized in storing magic.
• Olivia explained that one Storage Giant Cat Lamp and five ordinary Storage Cats could store a complete set of legendary spells, and urged Jiang Han to make pacts with them.
• Jiang Han realized she had ignored the Fel Giant Cat's funding request for more Storage Cat Lamps, then learned she could use their abilities to prepare spells ahead of battles.

Jiang Han dressed and headed out after giving Cat Gems to the younger witches in her family. She used Eileen’s Witch Express teleportation station to reach the sky-island cluster around Snow Cedar Lake, where the chapter revealed how Eileen’s portal technology worked.

• Jiang Han groomed her tail, dressed in a rune-lined outfit, and prepared to draw Bone-Eating Light Sword, Adeline, with magic.
• Jiang Han found Jiang Miao, Liang Cuoyu, the little Infernal Witch, and Zhen Ling celebrating their exam results, then gave them Cat Gems as a subsidy.
• Jiang Han left home and traveled to a witch station inside Snow Cedar Lake’s inner ring, paying five yuan to use it.
• Jiang Han wrote “1920ATC” in the station’s blank book and stepped through its doors onto a small sky island several kilometers from Giant Cat Island.
• The chapter explained that Eileen’s Witch Express used overlapping future-state and past-state rooms to teleport travelers across vast distances.

Jiang Han toured her territory as Cat Carlo expanded its development and discussed a trade alliance with Cat Yeta. After learning the territory had two giant cats and many storage Cat Lamps, Jiang Han asked Cat Carlo to summon the giant cats while she brought out the Cat Covenant contract book.

• Jiang Han found Fel Cat Lamps directing giant moles and hamsters to build dragon nests for the planned dragon ranch.
• Cat Carlo explained that the moles and hamsters were natives of Cat Tuffnia, described their skills, and urged Jiang Han to invest in more giant cats to manage the expanding territory.
• Jiang Han abandoned her plan to invite Ghost Witches to help develop Anser Royal City after Cat Carlo warned her off it.
• Jiang Han gave Cat Carlo Cat Gems to recruit formidable Giant Cat Lamps and agreed to find buyers for the leyline energy-storage stones in Cat Yeta's proposed trade alliance.
• Jiang Han learned that the territory had two giant cats and many storage Cat Lamps, then asked Cat Carlo to summon the giant cats and produced the Cat Covenant contract book.

The Sea Shepherds Club prepared for the regional qualifiers as Angelite assigned Jiang Han to open their match and outlined the team’s plans. Jiang Han waited with her rookie teammates while the first qualifier match was announced.

• Jiang Han and Xiya discussed the Blood War with Histeria before Angelite arrived and reviewed the team’s plans for the qualifiers.
• Angelite told Jiang Han to open with Lin Zhaojun and Du Lingxuan and to compete first in KOF, while Xiya and Angelite discussed promising rookies.
• Kraken led the Sea Shepherds Club to the venue, where Angelite and Kraken went to a VIP box and Jiang Han warmed up with Chu Yujun and Chen Ligu.
• Jiang Han recalled Alesha’s difficult group draw and heard that Fankeni had already died twice in the qualifiers.
• The first regional qualifier match, between Grey Wolf Team and GR Team, was announced.

Jiang Han’s Sea Shepherds Club prepared to face OFA after Gray Wolf unexpectedly defeated GR, but Coach Leticia chose Jiang Han, Chen Ligu, and Chu Yujun—all rookies—to open the match. Jiang Han entered the arena after Leticia urged her to use her madness and dark side.

• Gray Wolf’s summoning rush overwhelmed GR’s formation, and Gray Wolf won the opening match before taking the KOF match four to one.
• Jiang Han realized she was about to compete for Sea Shepherds and felt her bloodlust and mana sharpen in the strategy room.
• Coach Leticia offered cryptic advice instead of explaining tactics, then selected Jiang Han, Chen Ligu, and Chu Yujun to start against OFA.
• Jiang Han questioned the unexpected lineup, but Leticia held to her decision and told Jiang Han to use her madness and dark side.
• Jiang Han set aside Leticia’s words, took a deep breath, and walked out into the arena.