Chapter Summaries

Cat Yeta summoned Cat Xiumei to contract with Jiang Han, and the two carefully reviewed their duties and special clauses before agreeing to work together. Cat Yeta finalized the agreement and offered to mediate any future disputes.

• Cat Yeta drew a precise spell array and summoned Cat Xiumei, who emerged from a dark hole complaining about gathering treasure.
• Cat Xiumei eagerly greeted Jiang Han and introduced herself, while Jiang Han gave her the name Cat Lina and her Witch name, Jiang Han.
• Cat Yeta presented the contracts, and Cat Xiumei carefully read the duties and clauses covering their work and the safekeeping of Jiang Han’s belongings.
• Cat Xiumei explained that Cat Yeta’s typewriter was a Cat Lamp cipher machine carrying authority to request increased ley-line resources.
• Cat Yeta helped finalize the agreement and volunteered to mediate any conflicts between Jiang Han and Cat Xiumei.

At Jiang Han’s home, Cat Xiumei became her new partner and stored Jiang Han’s books and treasures in her tails. After organizing the library and discussing useful cat lamps to recruit, Cat Xiumei showed keen interest in Jiang Han’s valuable ores.

• Jiang Han welcomed Cat Xiumei and confirmed that she had signed a contract with Cat Lina.
• Cat Xiumei explained that her tails could store Jiang Han’s expanded-space campsite and other marked items.
• Cat Xiumei sorted Jiang Han’s books by category and suggested recruiting Gray Mist Cat Lamps and Mist Cat Lamps to help manage the library.
• Jiang Han stored Cat Gold Coins, Cat Gems, precious minerals, and Black Source Matter ingots in Cat Xiumei’s tails.
• Cat Xiumei asked whether Jiang Han would sell her ores, and Jiang Han offered to consider a discount.

Jiang Han let Cat Xiumei store her belongings and received advice on assembling a professional maintenance team for an Archwitch. She learned that hiring Cat Lamps instead of witches would provide similar services at far lower cost.

• Cat Xiumei stored Jiang Han’s curios, coins, gemstones, clothes, and staves in the Mysterious Guest Cats’ shared tail-spaces after Jiang Han agreed not to seek Sky Island Cat Lamps.
• Cat Xiumei recommended specialized Cat Lamps to maintain Jiang Han’s clothes, staves, food, and materials, and questioned why she had no professional teams.
• Jiang Han explained that her family had not prepared any teams for her, and Cat Xiumei outlined the high weekly costs of hiring witch professionals.
• Cat Xiumei calculated that Cat Lamps could provide a comparable team for dried fish and just over a hundred in weekly wages.

Jiang Han hired Cat Xiumei as her secretary and used a Cat Lamp device to find a driver for the Sea Shepherds Club. As they set off, Cat Xiumei explained that Jiang Han’s willingness to accept a small loss could earn her the cats’ trust.

• Jiang Han agreed to pay Cat Xiumei a weekly wage and food budget, then gave her a memo and asked her to find a driver.
• Cat Xiumei used a Cat Lamp calling device to summon a blue Cheshire Cat Lamp, which accepted half a box of dried fish to drive them.
• The blue Cheshire Cat Lamp praised Jiang Han’s dried fish and agreed to take Jiang Han, Cat Xiumei, and Olivia to the Sea Shepherds Club.
• Cat Xiumei told Jiang Han that cats would support and do business with someone they considered honest, and Jiang Han thanked her.

Jiang Han registered Cat Xiumei for Sea Shepherds Club and joined Angelite in the members' lounge, where Angelite explained how she had beaten Kraken in a card bet and made her read her old school diary aloud.

• Cat Xiumei hinted that helping Jiang Han could earn her a long-term job, and Jiang Han considered employing her.
• Jiang Han assessed the security room’s extensive magical defenses while Cat Xiumei whispered that they could turn the place into a fortress.
• Jiang Han used a VIP referral from Huai Anrou to register Cat Xiumei, then let her head to the barbecue buffet.
• Jiang Han found Angelite in the members’ lounge and learned that she had made Kraken read her school diary after winning their card bet, despite Kraken cheating.

Jiang Han learned about the Witch Agency’s new 2v2 matchmaking tournament and was asked to compete for the Sea Shepherds Club with Miyamoto Mo Na. Kraken explained the pair’s rating and rewards, leaving Jiang Han questioning why the club would not enter them at a higher matchup score.

• Lin Zhaojun introduced Jiang Han to the Sea Shepherds Club’s members, shareholders, and staff.
• Kraken told Lin Zhaojun that the new tournament would use 2v2 matches, allow unlimited club entries, and award materials for accumulated wins.
• Kraken offered Jiang Han a doubles entry with Miyamoto Mo Na, and Jiang Han agreed but questioned the pairing.
• Kraken said Jiang Han and Miyamoto Mo Na had a matchup score of 5.7, which would earn them 15 points for reaching the round of sixteen.
• Jiang Han asked whether they could raise their matchup score to 6.5, but Kraken said the round-of-sixteen reward would then be only 5 points.

Leticia organized the Sea Shepherds Club’s duo teams and asked the witches how often they would train. After Jiang Han, Xiya, and the others traded teasing remarks, Leticia assigned Miyamoto Mo Na, Histeria, and Jiang Han to work on a spell list together.

• Leticia announced six duo teams for the Sea Shepherds Club, while Xiya was left without a partner because Ghost Witches’ benchmark ratings were inflated.
• Jiang Han laughed at Eve Harkins’s world-leading benchmark rating, and Histeria complained that Ghost Witches were being discriminated against.
• The witches proposed different training schedules, and Jiang Han suggested two sessions a week before Nana and Xiya joked about training once a week and becoming a false god.
• Xiya and Jiang Han mocked Lin Zhaojun’s playstyle, prompting Leticia to cut off the teasing and set training three times a week.
• Leticia assigned Miyamoto Mo Na, Histeria, and Jiang Han to form a group and finalize their spell list.

Jiang Han, Histeria, and Miyamoto Mo Na met at the training camp, where Xiya proposed a team tactic based on Jiang Han shielding Nana while she dealt damage. The group left with the idea that they should develop a strategy Leticia might not understand and use it to win the championship.

• Jiang Han and Xiya raced into the changing rooms with Histeria, and Jiang Han changed into combat gear enhanced by the Golden Country Cloak.
• Jiang Han greeted Miyamoto Mo Na, who explained that her combat outfit came from an alchemy shop's thought-signal machine.
• The witches rested with drinks and pastries before Xiya discussed Leticia's possible plan for their coordination.
• Xiya suggested Jiang Han act as a meat shield while Nana attacked and learned [My Vengeance Is Like Flames] to bind Jiang Han and boost her casting speed.
• Xiya said the team should bring out a tactic Leticia did not understand and win the championship.

Jiang Han and Miyamoto Mo Na struggled to coordinate during training, trying different tactics against Histeria and repeatedly losing. They recognized that their silence and mismatched combat habits were holding them back, but the chapter ended before they found a solution.

• Jiang Han and Miyamoto Mo Na proposed dividing offense and finishing blows, but Xiya joked about their clashing tactics.
• Jiang Han and Nana practiced against Xiya and found that their teamwork was ineffective while Xiya handled them both with ease.
• Jiang Han suggested copying Agatha and Hurst Apby’s classic tactics, and she chose to play Agatha while Nana agreed to take the other role.
• Jiang Han opened their next training match with an Eternal Ice Eye, but her spells missed, while Nana struggled with long-range debuffs.
• Histeria defeated Jiang Han and Nana again, and Xiya compared their coordination to a rock and a flatbread.

Jiang Han and Miyamoto Mo Na struggled to coordinate until Leticia arrived and gave them a detailed tactical handbook. The manual assigned Jiang Han a support role to strengthen and protect Miyamoto Mo Na, leaving them with a clear plan for their fights.

• Jiang Han and Miyamoto Mo Na practiced together for an hour but failed to synchronize their fighting styles.
• Histeria suggested asking Leticia for advice, and Miyamoto Mo Na asked Histeria to help them.
• Leticia arrived, gave them cryptic advice about coordination, and handed them her tactical handbook.
• Jiang Han read Leticia’s plan for Jiang Han to support and protect Miyamoto Mo Na, who would focus on close combat.
• Jiang Han and Miyamoto Mo Na reviewed alternative tactics for facing bombardment-focused teams.

Jiang Han and Carula discussed the group playoffs and Greedy Umbrella’s daunting opponents while waiting at the arena. Jiang Han left for tea, where she startled Lilith and then kept filling her cup as another witch waited.

• Greedy Umbrella and Sea Shepherds tied for first in their group, while Mandrake Club and War Ghost Club went undefeated in theirs.
• Jiang Han worried that Blind Treasure would face hardship again, and Carula reassured her before admitting that the team feared Angelite.
• Jiang Han saw Angelite preparing in the lounge and noted that she had been rotated into the lineup.
• Jiang Han startled Lilith by grabbing her ponytail, then slipped away while Wei Changqing discussed a contract with Lilith.
• Jiang Han began filling her kitty cup with tea, and a waiting witch politely praised the tea instead of asking her to hurry.

Jiang Han met Elizabeth Austin of Greedy Umbrella and traded a playful handshake prank before rejoining the Sea Shepherds Club. Leticia then laid out a seven-versus-seven lineup designed to exploit the opponents’ likely order, with Histeria reserved as the final ace.

• Elizabeth Austin told Jiang Han that missing the tiebreaker meant losing valuable exposure, and Zhang Ya agreed that tiebreakers and overtime were exciting.
• Jiang Han pretended to accept Elizabeth Austin’s apology, scratched her palm during a feigned handshake, and slipped away; Zhang Ya teased Elizabeth about being scratched by a kitten.
• Jiang Han told Xiya that Carula was more or less one of Angelite’s fans, prompting Xiya to joke about selling Angelite cast models.
• Leticia predicted Greedy Umbrella’s likely fighter order and assigned Lin Zhaojun first, Angelite second, Jiang Han third, Du Lingxuan fourth, Lilian fifth, Chen Ligu sixth, and Histeria last.

During the witches’ tactical briefing, Leticia repeatedly judged Jiang Han while softening toward her, and assigned her a specific role in the coming battle. Jiang Han teased Xiya and Xuan Bao as the first tiebreaker match began, while Xuan Bao dismissed the competing teams as weak.

• Leticia sized up Jiang Han, softened when Jiang Han asked what would happen if their tactics failed, and joked that the opposing team must be idiots if they won by ignoring their coach.
• Jiang Han whispered with Xiya during the briefing, and Xiya called her a silly apprentice while rubbing her tail.
• Leticia assigned Jiang Han to use [Boundlessly Spreading Tide] twice more to prepare favorable terrain for Du Lingxuan, then ordered her to tie her hair up.
• Jiang Han tied her hair into a high ponytail, teased Xiya with it, and sat beside Xuan Bao to watch the first tiebreaker match.
• Xuan Bao rubbed Jiang Han’s tail and called it top-grade, then judged the teams below to be weak opponents.

The Sea Shepherds faced the Umbrella of Greed in their group match, and Lin Zhaojun’s overwhelming performance gave her team control of the fight. Angelite then finished off the remaining opposition, securing the Sea Shepherds first place with a 7:1 score.

• After an opposing witch died from stacking two incompatible mana-conversion spells, Jiang Han and the Umbrella of Greed team prepared to face the Sea Shepherds.
• Leticia eased her teammates’ nerves and provoked Angelite into her Full-Power Anjie state before both teams submitted their lineups.
• Lin Zhaojun defeated Carula by using illusions and a Magic Missile, then went on to defeat Nanazawa An and Wei Changqing.
• The Umbrella of Greed’s fourth fighter finally stopped Lin Zhaojun, who had lost a hand and not reattached it.
• Angelite defeated four more Umbrella of Greed fighters, and the Sea Shepherds won the group with a 7:1 score.

After qualifying, Jiang Han invited the witches to the Witch House and tried to introduce them to Cat Lamp companions. The others initially refused, but they reconsidered when she revealed she meant Giant Cat Lamps.

• Angelite celebrated the team’s qualification and told Leticia she would not let Euclia catch her off guard again.
• Histeria suggested celebrating at the Witch House, and Jiang Han agreed to introduce everyone to Cat Lamps.
• The witches misunderstood Jiang Han’s offer as a plan to sell ordinary Cat Lamps and explained why they made poor battlefield companions.
• Jiang Han clarified that she wanted to introduce Giant Cat Lamp companions, and Xuan Bao suggested discussing them at the Witch House.

Jiang Han brought a Treasure-Seeking Giant Cat Lamp to the Witch House, where top-tier witches gathered hoping to recruit Giant Cat companions. Chen Ligu met the cat’s demands and secured her as a companion, while the other witches watched eagerly.

• The Sea Shepherds Club witches gathered at the Witch House after Chen Ligu welcomed Jiang Han and her group.
• Top-tier witches from the Greedy Umbrella arrived, and the witches discussed how rare and coveted Giant Cat Lamp companions were.
• Jiang Han opened a portal and summoned a plump Treasure-Seeking Giant Cat Lamp seeking work.
• Jiang Han explained the cat’s treasure-finding abilities and read out her employment requirements.
• Chen Ligu agreed to provide all the requested benefits, and the Treasure-Seeking Giant Cat Lamp quickly chose to work under her command.

Jiang Han recruited witches to hire Giant Cat Lamps through employment contracts and introduced their different abilities and terms. An Alchemy Giant Cat Lamp signed with Lilith after she offered extensive alchemy instruction, and Jiang Han prepared to summon another cat.

• Jiang Han told Alice that outside witches could hire Giant Cat Lamps but had to pay a 10% cat tax to the Sleeping Witch.
• Jiang Han explained to Ademira Harkins that Giant Cat Lamp contracts provided long-term work, not long-term service.
• Jiang Han summoned an Alchemy Giant Cat Lamp and described its potion-making, spellcasting, and rapid return after morale collapse.
• The Alchemy Giant Cat Lamp asked to work only for a witch who could teach her alchemy and offered generous contract terms in return.
• Lilith offered to teach Dragon Alchemy, and the Alchemy Giant Cat Lamp signed a contract with her.
• Jiang Han tapped the magic circle with her tail and summoned another Giant Cat Lamp.

After a tipsy gathering, Jiang Han was brought home and woke in the cat-steaming room to learn that Olivia had upgraded her Cat Lamp Kitchen and expanded the living room. Olivia rewarded Jiang Han for earning the giant cats’ trust with a choice of a powerful ring and a legendary Giant Cat Lamp companion slot, leaving Jiang Han eager to choose her new partner.

• At Witch House, Jiang Han’s companions departed, and Qin Shunying grabbed Jiang Han’s ears before asking Chen Ligu to take her home.
• Chen Ligu delivered Jiang Han to Cat Xiumei, who wrapped her in her tails and carried her to the cat-steaming room.
• Jiang Han woke to find Cat Xiumei and Cat Yeta washing their tails, Olivia steaming, and Sha'er watching cat golf.
• Olivia told Jiang Han that the Cat Lamp Kitchen had become an advanced wonder and that the living room had gained a new furnished space, in exchange for a little office.
• Cat Xiumei and Olivia explained that the giant cats praised Jiang Han for building trust between them and witches.
• Olivia offered Jiang Han a powerful ring of her choice and a companion slot for an available legendary Giant Cat Lamp.

Jiang Han prepared to visit Du Lingxuan with Cat Xiumei, stopping first at Chen Ligu’s home, where she saw a witch and a Giant Cat getting along. She reflected on Giant Cats’ fear of witches and their reasons for cautiously building friendly relationships, then set out with Chen Ligu and the Treasure-Hunting Giant Cat for Du Lingxuan’s house.

• Jiang Han groomed her tail, dressed for the visit, and woke Cat Xiumei to accompany her to Du Lingxuan’s house.
• Jiang Han roused the Cat Lamps sleeping on her uncleaned unicycle and told the driver to take them to Chen Ligu’s house first.
• Jiang Han saw Chen Ligu and the Treasure-Hunting Giant Cat sharing a peaceful morning, and considered the danger witches posed to Giant Cats.
• Chen Ligu greeted Jiang Han, and the Treasure-Hunting Giant Cat said she was friends with Cat Carla, the Giant Cat recruited by Du Lingxuan.

Jiang Han and Chen Ligu discussed the Giant Cat Islands and the coming Nether Festival, where Marian Horton would retire with honors and her successor would be announced. The conversation ended with Jiang Han hoping to try Du Lingxuan’s special tea while hiding her Cat Cup.

• Cat Xiumei and Cat Lieta discussed how their Giant Cat Islands produced resources, and Jiang Han explained how giant cats developed their territories.
• Chen Ligu asked about the Nether Festival, and Jiang Han confirmed the banquet would announce Marian Horton’s retirement and successor.
• Chen Ligu reacted in shock and used magic to save her spilled tea, then introduced Du Lingxuan’s rare tea to Jiang Han.
• Jiang Han took out her Cat Cup before Chen Ligu warned her not to do anything embarrassing, so she put it away and vowed to only throw cats.