Chapter Summaries

During the council dinner break, Jiang Han met Priscilla and negotiated with Eileen over the employment of Giant Cat Lamps. Eileen proposed assigning them to the Coastal Faction and Silver Knights, and she and Jiang Han agreed on how they would be used and cared for before returning to the council chamber.

• Jiang Han followed Eileen to the dining hall and listened to witches debate proposals for the Nether Festival.
• Jiang Han greeted Priscilla, who told her about playing a Witch Hero in another world and considering a part-time Hero job in Eastern Japan.
• Eileen proposed assigning thirteen hundred Giant Cat Lamps to the Coastal Faction and five hundred to the Silver Knights.
• Jiang Han insisted the Giant Cat Lamps receive middle-class wages, food, lodging, cat trees, and cat houses, and Eileen agreed to arrange suitable work for them.
• Jiang Han and Eileen settled the deal, finished their meal, and returned to the council chamber.

Jiang Han and Eileen discussed how to influence Anjie, while the council approved a hunt to demonstrate the witches’ power. Eileen asked Jiang Han to arrange for clever Giant Cat Lamps to secretly steer prey into Dinesha’s hunting grounds, and Jiang Han began considering a witch who could transform into a giant cat.

• Jiang Han asked Eileen how they could influence Anjie, and Eileen described appealing to the secretarial corps or offering Anjie wealth and power.
• Catherine Komiman proposed rounding up star pirates and mercenaries for a witch-led hunt, and Anjie opened the proposal for discussion.
• Eileen explained that the hunt had been settled and asked Jiang Han to arrange Giant Cat Lamps to secretly send more prey into Dinesha’s hunting grounds.
• Jiang Han considered Cat Carlo, Cat Xiumei, and Yuequan, then thought of a witch who could turn into a giant cat.

On the day of the Nether Festival, Dinesha hesitated to compete for prizes because she feared her new status as Great Witch had been gained through improper means. Eileen reassured her, and Dinesha agreed to participate, leaving Jiang Han to congratulate her as a Great Witch.

• Jiang Han, Eileen, and Dinesha arrived at the hunting ground, while Jiang Han stayed out of the competition to avoid exposing her rare giant-cat form.
• Jiang Han introduced Dinesha to Cat Nesting, a powerful Time Giant Cat Lamp who refused to take part in witches’ schemes or give special treatment.
• Dinesha told Eileen she feared that winning prestige through methods outside the rules would taint her achievements.
• Eileen assured Dinesha that the votes and her character made her a Great Witch beyond dispute, and urged her to sweep the Nether Festival prizes as a good omen.
• Dinesha accepted Eileen’s proposal and agreed to discuss arrangements with Cat Nesting, while Jiang Han left to get a drink and congratulated her on becoming a Great Witch.

Jiang Han chatted and ate with Priscilla while witches rushed into the hunting grounds, then learned that Priscilla planned to hunt with Histeria and Roxanne. Priscilla suspected Jiang Han had brought the Giant Cat Lamps to guard the grounds, and Jiang Han played ignorant.

• Jiang Han filled her Cat Cup and joined Priscilla at the food table, where they talked about hunting and Ghost Witch professions.
• As the hunting grounds opened, Jiang Han helped steady a witch in the crowd while Priscilla explained that the first witches inside gained a small advantage.
• Dinesha and Cat Nesting left the VIP room, and Jiang Han asked Priscilla about Dinesha and their past closeness.
• Jiang Han and Priscilla continued chatting until the third wave of witches entered, while the Ghost Witches still waited.
• Priscilla said she would hunt with Histeria and Roxanne and asked whether Jiang Han had brought the Giant Cat Lamps guarding the grounds; Jiang Han pretended not to know.

Jiang Han smuggled the Ghost Witches through the hunting ground’s employee passage, outfitting them in cat-ear cloaks and explaining how the Cat Lamp staff operated. She brought them to the hunting ground ahead of the other witches, ready to register their team and open the hunt.

• Jiang Han gave the Ghost Witches cat-ear cloaks and lanterns, explaining that red cloaks filmed visitors while blue cloaks handled supplies.
• Jiang Han offered to arrange extra supplies for the Ghost Witches and discussed disguising her fee through Eve Harkins.
• Jiang Han led the cloaked Ghost Witches through the employee passage, where they pretended to be Cat Lamps and meowed to avoid suspicion.
• Jiang Han explained that the secret route would get them to the hunting ground about ten minutes before Dinesha and the other witches.
• Priscilla and Histeria discussed the Eileen-funded hunting prize pool as Jiang Han reached the exit and prepared to register their team.

Jiang Han brought Histeria, Priscilla, and Roxanne through a portal to register for a hunt in the Cat Hunting Grounds, bribing Cat Fast with cod strips to get them set up. After arranging their equipment and a guide, Jiang Han slipped into the restricted hunting area and met Cat Nesting, who proposed exchanging things they each wanted.

• Jiang Han and the ghost witches entered a lush crater world, where Cat Fast confronted them after unleashing Divine Cat Descent.
• Jiang Han gave Cat Fast a bag of cod strips and asked her to prepare a vehicle, guide, and hunting-area attendant for the three guests.
• Jiang Han registered the ghost witches for a hunting area suited to them and gave Histeria a communication cat lamp.
• Jiang Han openly slipped into the hunting area despite the rules and found Cat Nesting waiting for her.
• Cat Nesting told Jiang Han that they each had something the other wanted, and Jiang Han agreed.

Jiang Han negotiated a contract with the Legendary Time Giant Cat Cat Nesting, granting her territory and other benefits in exchange for her partnership. After they sealed the deal, Cat Nesting teased Jiang Han, and the two left the hunting zone together.

• Jiang Han explained the Legendary Time Giant Cats’ powers and invited Cat Nesting to become her partner.
• Cat Nesting requested territory, provisions, a salary, and a share of the spoils, and she and Jiang Han negotiated the terms.
• Jiang Han and Cat Nesting sealed their contract, adding Cat Nesting’s broken alarm clock token to Jiang Han’s contract space.
• Cat Nesting greeted Jiang Han by touching noses, and Jiang Han set limits on how they would greet each other.
• Jiang Han teased Cat Nesting about the Moon Spring Giant Cat, then reassured her that her neighbor was lazy.
• Cat Nesting asked Jiang Han to join the Nether Festival, but Jiang Han said she had plans to practice spells and left the hunting zone with Cat Nesting.

Jiang Han skipped the hunting trip, visited the Witch Market, and arranged to meet Angelite to bring Cat Cup samples and practice a legendary spell. Angelite also asked Jiang Han for her first impression of Dinesha, leaving their meeting ahead.

• Jiang Han avoided the hunting ground because shotgun blasts could harm cat witches’ ears and traveled by bus to the Witch Market.
• Jiang Han messaged Angelite, who sent her a picture of an elf figurine she had sculpted for a planned Elf Era Park.
• Angelite asked Jiang Han to bring Cat Cup samples, and Jiang Han asked to use Angelite’s training room to practice [Colorful Seabed Howl].
• Angelite asked what Jiang Han thought of Dinesha, and Jiang Han described her first impression as that of a pure Ghost Witch, like Roxanne.

Jiang Han arrived late at Angelite's Sovereign Palace after chatting with Cat Katalia, then gave Annie von Menuhin a Cat Cup to test. In Angelite's workshop, she found the Final Witch working on a new honeycomb-style Folded Space storage unit.

• Jiang Han learned that Cat Katalia knew the legendary spell [Nuclear Fusion's New Age], but did not take advantage of her drunkenness to obtain it.
• Jiang Han gave Annie von Menuhin a gray-cat-colored Cat Cup as an early-access trial and asked her to write a report.
• Jiang Han entered the throne hall and used the concealed staircase behind the throne to reach Angelite's private quarters.
• Jiang Han found Angelite in a workshop with a honeycomb-shaped machine, and Angelite explained that it could manage more than fifty Folded Spaces.

Jiang Han visited Angelite’s mechanical hive, brought her a Cat Cup sample, and asked about the training room. Angelite showed her a High-Energy Training Device that limited spell power while still allowing witches to gain casting experience.

• Jiang Han scanned Angelite’s Folded Spaces and found no intelligent life inside, while Cat Lamps helped seed the developing worlds.
• Angelite explained that witches could gamble on or launder resources through Folded Spaces, and Jiang Han said she would not gamble.
• Jiang Han gave Angelite the Cat Cup sample, and Angelite considered mass-producing it before accepting Jiang Han’s objection to a blue-and-red color scheme.
• Angelite carried Jiang Han to the training ground and told her to cast a Fireball Spell; the device reduced it to a tiny spark.
• Angelite explained that the device simulated worlds that restricted outsiders’ magic and let witches practice without causing much damage.

Jiang Han practiced her legendary spellcasting and struggled to control the seeds created by Colorful Seabed Howl. Angelite identified the gap in Jiang Han’s knowledge of plants as the source of her problem, leaving Jiang Han with a clearer direction for improving the spell.

• Jiang Han summoned Storage Giant Cat Lamps and cast Boundlessly Spreading Tide, while Angelite confined the rising water to the training area.
• Jiang Han swam happily in the water until Angelite drained most of it away.
• Jiang Han tried casting Colorful Seabed Howl, but the newly created seeds went out of control and formed tiny flecks of hazardous plants and viruses.
• Jiang Han recorded the failed attempt, believing the spell had failed during activation.
• Angelite asked whether Jiang Han had used a physical reference and explained that Jiang Han lacked the experience and knowledge needed to understand the plants she was creating.
• Jiang Han realized she knew almost nothing about the plants involved in the spell.

Jiang Han agreed to retrieve desserts from Angelite’s vault, which had been occupied by nightmare-producing wraith witches after Angelite’s horror-movie mishap. She encountered Donna Meyer, who mistook her for an agent sent to drive the witches away, and Donna fled into the wall.

• Jiang Han coaxed Angelite into offering her a book in exchange for retrieving five boxes of desserts from the vault.
• Angelite explained that nightmare energy had been produced by her fear of horror movies and that a race of witches had occupied her dessert storage.
• Angelite sent Jiang Han down in a private elevator and warned her to stay alert for witches’ tricks.
• Jiang Han’s tail smashed a shadow that tried to sneak past her in the dark corridor.
• Donna Meyer identified herself as an evil spirit witch and accused Angelite of taking her home and sending Jiang Han to drive her out before escaping into the wall.

Jiang Han explored a dark corridor, using Cat Lamps to expose Donna Meyer and discover that the Evil Spirit Witch relied on shadows to move. After Donna escaped, Jiang Han suspected Anjie was hiding something about the witches in the corridor and continued scouting with a glowing Cat Lamp tied to her tail.

• Jiang Han woke the Cat Lamps in the corridor, and Donna Meyer fled through the shadows as their light spread.
• Jiang Han intensified a Cat Lamp’s glow, causing Donna to tumble out of the disappearing shadows and fall.
• Donna threatened Jiang Han, then escaped into a patch of shadow with two young Vengeful Spirit Witches.
• Jiang Han examined Donna’s weak frost magic and wondered why Anjie seemed afraid to clear the corridor herself.
• Jiang Han tied a glowing Cat Lamp to her tail and continued down the corridor to scout ahead.

Jiang Han pursued Donna Meyer through the corridor of traps and found her guarding a shrine where four resentful spirit witches hid behind a stone coffin. Seeing how little magic Donna had left, Jiang Han tried to talk, but Donna demanded a fight, so Jiang Han drew her Bone-Eroding Light Sword.

• Donna Meyer attacked Jiang Han with cannons and flintlock pistols, but Jiang Han caught the cannonballs and was unaffected by the bullets.
• Jiang Han collected the antique weapons, tracked Donna’s shadow magic through the corridor, and followed it to a heavy wooden door.
• Jiang Han entered a circular hall and found four resentful spirit witches hiding behind a stone coffin in a shrine.
• Donna emerged in damaged armor and charged Jiang Han, insisting that she would drive the Cat Witch out.
• Jiang Han recognized Donna’s weakness and tried to reason with her, but Donna demanded that Jiang Han knock her down.
• Jiang Han warned Donna that she was coming and drew the Bone-Eroding Light Sword.

Jiang Han defeated Donna without killing her and met the four little resentful-spirit witches she was caring for. After Donna revealed her pride kept her from seeking help despite her desperate condition, Jiang Han offered to help, but they postponed discussing it to serve dessert.

• Jiang Han knocked Donna unconscious with the Bone-Eroding Light Sword, then assured Afuna, Laura, An, and Linna that she had not killed her.
• Afuna introduced herself and the other little resentful-spirit witches, admired Jiang Han's weapon, and asked Jiang Han to be her master.
• Jiang Han woke Donna, who invited her to stay for desserts after the little witches left the room.
• Donna accused Jiang Han of lying about killing witches, then nearly fell and revealed how malnourished she was from feeding the children nightmare energy.
• Donna refused to ask Angelite for help because she viewed her as an enemy, and Jiang Han offered her own help before changing the subject to dessert.

Jiang Han found nearly a hundred Wraith Witches living in Anjie's hibernation vault and persuaded Donna to move them to her territory, where they could receive food, education, and support. Donna agreed on the condition that Jiang Han take Afuna as her apprentice.

• Jiang Han entered the cold-storage reception room and discovered about eighty or ninety young Wraith Witches living on Anjie's supplied desserts.
• Donna introduced Jiang Han as Miss Cat, then organized mealtime for the little Wraith Witches.
• Jiang Han urged Donna to adapt to modern society and consider the Wraith Witches' future needs.
• Jiang Han offered Donna a mountain range, access to Dark Lake, supplies, classes, and teachers in exchange for moving the Wraith Witches and serving her.
• Donna agreed to Jiang Han's offer on the condition that Jiang Han take Afuna as her apprentice, and Jiang Han accepted.

Jiang Han’s cooperation with Ghost Castle strengthened her ties to Histeria and raised the possibility that Ghost Castle viewed her as a future top-tier witch. After learning how rare that status was, Jiang Han asked Xiya to help her master a legendary spell.

• Histeria arranged for Ghost Castle to establish a ghost academy in the Dark Lake Mountains and educate the resentful soul witches Jiang Han had brought.
• Jiang Han enlisted Xiya to handle Ghost Castle’s arrangements and support for the wraith witches, while Afuna called out Jiang Han for pretending she had been nervous to ask for help.
• Xiya explained that Ghost Castle was reconsidering its political neutrality and might see Jiang Han as a witch with boundless prospects and top-tier potential.
• Histeria described the certificates and qualifications that defined top-tier witches, emphasizing how few held that status.
• Jiang Han asked Xiya to invest in her future by helping her learn a legendary spell and reminded her that she had left reference materials with Angelite.

Jiang Han and the Sleeping Witches met with Histeria, and Olivia demanded the entrance to Purgatory’s third layer. Olivia revealed that she intended to sacrifice the entire layer to reclaim her former power, while Histeria asked what she would gain from helping.

• Jiang Han joined the Sleeping Witches for lunch, where Olivia called her out for helping deal with nearly a hundred resentful-soul witches.
• Olivia and Histeria exchanged barbed remarks about Histeria becoming a witch, while Vera Lamp set up an isolation barrier and Cleya took Afuna to the Cat Lamp Garden.
• Olivia asked Histeria to reveal the entrance to Purgatory’s third layer and said Cat Lamps had seen witches secretly harvesting materials there.
• After Histeria dropped her act, Olivia explained she wanted to return to witch society and reclaim the power she once possessed by blood-sacrificing the entire third layer of Purgatory.
• Histeria asked Olivia what she would gain from helping and what she would have to give in return.

Olivia assessed Xiya’s strength and invited her to name a price, while Jiang Han listened and boasted about her reputation among the Giant Cat Lamps. Xiya negotiated a powerful alliance and unusual rewards, then asked to become a Cat Lamp Witch like Jiang Han.

• Olivia released her chief-rank magic, and Jiang Han realized how powerful Olivia and Xiya were.
• Olivia praised Jiang Han as a reliable witch trusted by the Giant Cat Lamps, and Jiang Han offered to gather them for Xiya.
• Xiya asked for twenty high-level fortuitous encounters, but Olivia offered only one because she kept only exceptionally valuable ones.
• Xiya accepted one encounter, a legendary Giant Cat Lamp, and two legendary-grade cat curios in exchange for an equal alliance between Ghost Castle and the Cat Lamp World.
• Olivia demanded that Xiya swear to the alliance’s terms using a Time Dragon Contract, and Xiya agreed.
• Xiya changed her final request from several legendary Cat Lamp spells to becoming a Cat Lamp Witch like Jiang Han.

Xiya negotiated with Olivia for a place as an ally rather than a vassal, offering control of Hell’s third through ninth layers in exchange for becoming a Cat Lamp Witch. Olivia accepted and appointed Jiang Han as the contract’s witness and the person who would deliver Xiya’s wick.

• Histeria pointed out Jiang Han’s Cat Lamp Witch identity, and Olivia called Jiang Han over.
• Xiya told Olivia that modern witches secured loyalty by offering shares and benefits, and demanded that becoming a Cat Lamp Witch be part of their bargain.
• Xiya explained that the deeper layers of Hell were fertile, vast lands, then offered Olivia the third through ninth layers of Hell.
• Olivia accepted Xiya aboard and said Jiang Han would deliver the wick and witness their contract.
• Jiang Han signed the contract as witness, taking on legal responsibility for her testimony.