Chapter Summaries

Jiang Han, Histeria, and Xiya struggled to develop a material that could store leyline energy and magic power, and Jiang Han worried the project would bankrupt them. Xiya proposed seeking research funding, and the chapter left Jiang Han realizing she already owed Eileen a great deal after learning about the expensive homes her friends had bought nearby.

• Jiang Han and her companions spent nearly twenty thousand yuan and destroyed dozens of crucibles without developing a useful material.
• Jiang Han considered abandoning the project, but Xiya argued that its difficulty could qualify it for research funding.
• Jiang Han suggested funding might come from witches interested in Cat Lamps, and Lin Zhaojun recommended approaching Eileen or Eve.
• Histeria explained that she and Lin Zhaojun owned costly homes in Snow Phoebe, where Eileen had greatly improved the leyline energy infrastructure.
• Jiang Han remembered that Eileen had given her family their plot of land and realized she had incurred another enormous debt of gratitude.

Jiang Han reflected on Rainy Night Club’s loss and the Duel Witch standings before returning home to settle in with her Cat Lamps. She ended the chapter startled to find Olivia asleep in her chandelier.

• Jiang Han and Chen Ligu lost their match against Blind Treasure, who led South City Mandrake to another victory.
• Jiang Han reviewed the Duel Witch rankings, where Alesha led the standings and Lin Zhaojun placed second.
• Jiang Han brought a rare Swordsman Cat Lamp home and warned her to follow the rules on Giant Cat Island.
• Gray Mist Cat Lamp and Big Orange Cat Lamp praised Jiang Han’s rules and shared Marg Barrel with her.
• Jiang Han looked up and discovered Olivia dozing inside the chandelier.

Jiang Han returned to find Olivia eager for attention and hoping to go out, but she explained that the other witches were busy. Olivia called Eileen and arranged to attend the Cat Lamp Championship with Jiang Han the day after tomorrow.

• Jiang Han returned and tried to appease Olivia, who complained that she had been neglecting her.
• Olivia asked Jiang Han to play cat golf and register for the Cat Golf League, but Jiang Han explained that Olivia needed an accompanying Apex Witch to go out.
• Jiang Han listed the witches who were busy with work, research, sponsorship, and competition training.
• Olivia called Eileen and arranged to see her the day after tomorrow for the Cat Lamp Championship.
• Olivia asked Jiang Han what she had been saying, and Jiang Han realized she had unexpectedly gained an opportunity to speak with Eileen.

Jiang Han assembled a Catolf team with Olivia, Cat Lisi, Eileen, and several Cat Lamps for the Witch Invitational Deciding Tournament. As they left Eileen’s nest, they reached the throne hall, where administrators and Silver Knights faced off in a tense dispute.

• Olivia insisted Sha'er Lamp would compete so she could disguise herself as Sha'er Lamp and take part in the tournament.
• Jiang Han recruited Cat Lisi as the team’s strong player, and Cat Lisi said she had narrowly lost to Cat Yeta in a previous tournament.
• Eileen joined Jiang Han and Olivia with Cat Xilia, a Volcano Leyline Cat Lamp eager to play at a professional venue.
• Jiang Han, Olivia, Eileen, and the cats traveled to the throne hall, where three administrators and five Silver Knights were engaged in a standoff.

Eileen coordinated preparations for an event while Silver Knights and affairs officers competed to win her favor. After settling their dispute, she reminisced with Olivia about knowing her as a child, and Jiang Han offered Eileen her cat ears to touch.

• Eileen asked the Silver Knights and affairs officers whether the supplies, procedures, and publicity for the event were ready.
• A Silver Knight revealed that Ovi had helped correct the food list to include cod, while an affairs officer blamed the Silver Knights for the newspaper writers’ unfavorable opinions of Eileen.
• Eileen gently sent both representatives away to prepare the vehicles, and Jiang Han praised her skill at handling their rivalry.
• Eileen asked Jiang Han how she would deal with two sisters who disliked each other, but Olivia changed the subject by recalling Eileen’s childhood interest in her cat ears.
• Jiang Han learned that Olivia had known Eileen when she was very young, then let Eileen and Olivia rub or poke her cat ears.

Jiang Han, Eileen, and Olivia waited for the cat golf competition while Olivia explained her plan to use the cats’ stamina to win. After Eileen questioned whether the team could score enough, Olivia used a Wonder to energize Cat Lisi and Cat Xilia, leaving the team ready to compete.

• Jiang Han complained that she and the others had arrived too early, while Eileen reminded Olivia that she had insisted on coming at noon.
• Olivia outlined her strategy of starting with the Wave Course and saving energy for the harder Forest Course, with Sha'er Lamp taking turns resting in human form.
• Eileen praised the plan but asked whether Olivia could make up for Cat Lisi and Cat Xilia’s poor condition, and Jiang Han warned that all three cats needed to contribute.
• Olivia pulled out the Power of Cat Claws Wonder and injected Cat Lisi’s tail with its leyline energy recharge agent.
• After Cat Lisi became lively, Olivia injected Cat Xilia, who said she felt like she was buzzing.

Olivia and the Cat Lamps chose an ultra-long-term strategy for Cat Golf, while Jiang Han and Eileen spent time testing games and discussing why Eileen planned to reject every demo. Olivia and Eileen collected the match’s starting pocket watch, and the story left them about to begin the timed competition with two referees aboard.

• Olivia assigned the Cat Lamps their tasks and announced that their strategy was to fight an ultra-long-term battle.
• Jiang Han asked Eileen why she had joined the trip, and Eileen said she wanted to come because Jiang Han was there.
• Jiang Han and Eileen tested game demos, and Eileen decided to reject the entire batch because none seemed worth investing in.
• Olivia and Eileen collected the pocket watch that would start their Cat Golf match, accompanied by a referee Cat Lamp and a referee Witch.
• Eileen prepared to drive the Griffin Carriage to the first teeing point as the two referees recognized Meow Yi Ao.

Jiang Han rode with Eileen and Olivia to the first stop of their golf outing, reflecting on the valuable land Eileen had given her. Eileen explained that she admired Jiang Han’s talent, honesty, ties to the Cat Lamps, and devotion to family, and they arrived at the first tee.

• The witch referee suggested that Eileen’s team start at Wave Cat Golf Course and explained the route and Cat Lamp rest station.
• Jiang Han considered how valuable her land near Snow Phoebe Lake was and wondered why Eileen had given it to her.
• Eileen told Jiang Han she valued her honesty, talent, Cat Lamp connections, and devotion to family, which made her reliable.
• Olivia pressed against Jiang Han as Eileen joked that Jiang Han was talented, reliable, and easy to keep in hand.
• The group arrived at the first tee, and Olivia glided out of the Griffin Carriage to begin the game.

Jiang Han and her companions arrived at a Cat Golf course, where Eileen reunited with Mimyas and met Hildenet, a Witch and author who had supported her claim to rule. The reunion grew tense when Hildenet and Olivia exchanged barbs, and Olivia joined Jiang Han as her golf partner.

• Jiang Han and her companions reached the seaside Cat Golf course and watched a Persian Cat Lamp send its opening shot near the green.
• Eileen greeted Mimyas, then introduced Hildenet as the author of several books about Witch evolution and disease.
• Hildenet praised Eileen as her sovereign, and Mimyas revealed that Hildenet's first article had defended Eileen's claim to rule the world.
• Hildenet acknowledged that she had backed Eileen early and criticized Olivia, who was present in a black dress and veil.
• Olivia and Hildenet traded pointed remarks about Olivia's defeat, and Olivia took Jiang Han's hand and agreed to partner with her for Cat Golf.

Ovi’s team and Hildenet’s team battled through the sixth Cat Golf hole as Jiang Han and Eileen discussed a new magazine and the value of useful connections. The match remained close, and Jiang Han wondered whether Eileen valued her in the same way she valued Hildenet.

• Ovi’s team held an eight-to-six lead, but Sleeping Cat Lamp’s crucial shot struck Cat Ridge’s club instead of going into the hole.
• Eileen told Jiang Han she planned to launch a weekly magazine and invited witches, including Sha’er, to submit work.
• Hildenet complained that she had not been paid and was running out of money for alcohol, so Eileen gave her an expensive Cat Cup and offered to help with her payment.
• Eileen explained that lasting relationships were built on mutual interests and said Hildenet was worth supporting as an outstanding author.
• Jiang Han asked whether Eileen valued her too, and Eileen said she did.

Ovi's team lost its lead when Cat Milo's spectacular shot tied the Cat Golf score at 9:9. At the rest station, Hildenet recognized Jiang Han as a Witch known for finding Giant Cat partners.

• Hildenet's team used an extra-time thinking card before choosing Cat Milo to take its shot.
• Cat Milo launched the ball onto Cat Ridge with a powerful, electrically charged strike, earning a cat-bird ball and tying the score at 9:9.
• Eileen ordered premium meals for the Witches and Giant Cat Lamps at the rest station's Foxfolk Tavern.
• Hildenet excitedly recognized Jiang Han and asked if she was the Witch who could find Giant Cat partners.
• Jiang Han said she had a special talent for contacting Giant Cats.

Jiang Han explained how witches could apply to partner with a Giant Cat Lamp and checked Hill's reputation, finding her eligible for the waiting queue. After Hill offered Jiang Han a complete collection of her books, Jiang Han agreed in principle to let her meet the giant cats early.

• Jiang Han told Hill that she could review witches and arrange partnership interviews, but could not simply guarantee someone a Giant Cat Lamp.
• Hill asked whether she could partner with a Giant Cat Lamp, and Jiang Han checked her profile in the cats' witch-opinion app.
• Jiang Han found Hill had a 7.6 rating and a reliable reputation, so she added Hill to the waiting queue.
• Hill asked Jiang Han if there was a way to move faster because she and her best friend wanted a giant cat to cuddle while watching movies.
• Hill offered Jiang Han a complete collection of her books, and Jiang Han agreed in principle to give Hill early contact with the giant cats.

As the thirty-first Cat Hole resumed under a bright moon, Jiang Han relaxed in the Griffin Carriage while Eileen joined her, and the two talked about family, books, and education. Eileen admitted she had loved someone before but refused to say who, leaving Jiang Han curious beneath the starry sky.

• The Giant Cats resumed the match at a difficult long Cat Hole while Jiang Han settled into the Griffin Carriage for the night.
• Eileen joined Jiang Han in the carriage, and they joked about their ages and Jiang Han’s absent-minded care of Cleya.
• Jiang Han showed Eileen the signed, gilt-edged books Hildenet had given her, and Eileen explained that On Governance had been written to secure funding and a library named after Hildenet.
• Eileen offered Jiang Han the chance to earn a genuine World Tree University diploma at Theseus Academy’s Snow Phoebe Lake branch.
• Jiang Han asked whether Eileen had ever loved someone, and Eileen said yes but evaded the question of who it was.

Jiang Han woke up in the Griffin Carriage and tried to get Ovi ready to play golf, but Ovi would not get out of bed. After Jiang Han used Sha'er Lamp to wake her, Ovi grabbed Jiang Han and lifted her into the air.

• Jiang Han woke to the car’s alarms and greeted Eileen and the referee Witch as they slowly got up.
• Jiang Han washed and bathed while Ovi, Vera Lamp, and Sha'er Lamp continued sleeping.
• Jiang Han tried calling to Ovi and scratching her chin, but Ovi remained asleep.
• Jiang Han lifted Sha'er Lamp and dropped the sleeping cat onto Ovi’s stomach to wake her.
• Ovi grabbed Jiang Han beneath the arms and lifted her up while Sha'er Lamp perched on her head.

Jiang Han cooked fish noodles for Olivia while the two discussed their team’s five-point deficit in Cat Golf. Olivia proposed using the Panda Lamp’s secret art to turn the match around, and Jiang Han discovered that it meant getting the opposing giant cat drunk.

• Jiang Han prepared fish noodles without using magic while Olivia waited for breakfast.
• Olivia ate the noodles and told Jiang Han that their team trailed by five points in Cat Golf.
• Olivia announced that the Panda Lamp’s Panda Secret Art would help them catch up.
• At the tee-off point, Jiang Han saw Cat Lisi making the opposing team’s giant cat drink super cat baijiu and realized the secret art was getting their opponent drunk.

After the Wave Cat Golf Course championship, Jiang Han joined Olivia and Hildenet at the desert course to watch the final match, where Olivia became upset over Sha'er Lamp's bad shot. Olivia told Jiang Han she would attend the Giant Cat Representative Conference, which began in two days, as a Giant Cat who could communicate with witches.

• Jiang Han watched the Champion Meow Invitational and received a signature and gemstone statue souvenir from the legendary Giant Cat Mao Mao Erta.
• Jiang Han entered the Sand Sea Cat Golf Course with Hildenet and the Wave Cat Golf Course team, whose two teams had fallen too far behind to earn a ranking.
• Olivia returned from scouting the course, angry because Sha'er Lamp had hit the ball into the sand and lost two points.
• Jiang Han read Hildenet's books while Olivia told her that the Giant Cat Representative Conference began the day after tomorrow and that she would attend as a Giant Cat capable of communicating with witches.
• Jiang Han agreed to attend the conference.

Jiang Han traveled to Chen Ligu’s office after receiving an urgent message and discovered the Witch Market’s conveniences along the way. She arrived to find Chen Ligu and the office witches struggling to catch a flock of flaming chickens.

• Jiang Han took a Griffin Carriage to Chen Ligu’s office, where the driver explained that Chicken Parking Towers now served every district.
• Jiang Han saw two witches use a Leave Machine to apply for paid leave and draw a prize.
• Jiang Han noticed a Giant Cat Lamp running a steam-cleaning shop in the office building and considered creating an app to help Cat Lamps share business advice.
• Jiang Han reached the fifth floor and knocked on Chen Ligu’s office door.
• Chen Ligu opened the door in protective gear and asked Jiang Han to help catch the flaming chickens causing chaos inside the office.

Jiang Han and the witches captured the rampaging, fire-producing turkeys that had wrecked the office, then learned Du Ningzhuang had created them while using nightmares to power a space-expansion machine. Du Ningzhuang revealed that Jiang Han was expected to help clean up the nightmares.

• Jiang Han and Chen Ligu led the witches in capturing the turkeys as the birds set fire to geese and paperwork and bombed the office with eggs.
• Du Ningzhuang collected black glass shards from defeated turkeys while the witches spent over two hours restoring the damaged office.
• Chen Ligu arranged steam cleaning, meals, and pay and leave bonuses before ordering the staff to repair the office and reconstruct lost documents.
• Jiang Han followed Chen Ligu to Gu Bao's private office, where Du Ningzhuang and Chu Yujun were killing more turkeys beside a machine.
• Du Ningzhuang explained that her machine converted nightmares into power to expand a folding-space fragment, but it had manifested nightmare creatures, including the turkey flock.
• Du Ningzhuang told Jiang Han that she understood she would have to enter the machine and help clean up the nightmares.

Du Ningzhuang demonstrated that nightmare crystals could be used to summon real food, then explained that her spatial expansion was growing by drawing in witches’ nightmares. Jiang Han learned that state affairs officers were already helping investigate, and Du Ningzhuang asked for her help resolving the situation.

• Du Ningzhuang used nightmare crystals and a burger card to summon a burger, astonishing Jiang Han.
• Du Ningzhuang claimed her spell [Wish Come True] revealed that the witch world was redundant code that could be exchanged using nightmare energy.
• Jiang Han realized Du Ningzhuang had independently reached an insight Anjie had achieved, then ate the summoned burger.
• Jiang Han offered to find powerful witches to handle Du Ningzhuang’s situation, but Du Ningzhuang said the spatial expansion was successful and needed to be studied.
• Du Ningzhuang explained that the expansion was drawing in witches’ nightmares and that state affairs officers were already assisting her and Gu Bao.

Jiang Han met Qiao Rou, the Witch Agency affairs officer assigned to accompany the group during their exploration of a Level-Two Malicious Folded Space. The group agreed to limited documentation and interference, leaving Qiao Rou to consider their conditions as the expedition approached.

• Jiang Han recognized Qiao Rou at the reception desk, and Qiao Rou explained that she worked an easy, part-time job for the Witch Agency.
• Qiao Rou formally asked Chen Ligu to consent to her recording and accompanying the group’s exploration, and Chen Ligu agreed.
• Chu Yujun bluntly agreed to the procedures, while Jiang Han argued that the Agency’s interference and documentation should be limited.
• Chen Ligu invoked Jiang Han’s position and Du Ningzhuang’s lack of objection to argue against full documentation, prompting Du Ningzhuang to notice the wording.
• Qiao Rou said she would consider their suggestions and offer hints when she could not state her position directly.