Chapter Summaries

The BV Group qualifiers began as Jiang Han prepared for her first individual match and watched Zhao Xinyan face Yoshinaga Ikumi. Yoshinaga defeated Zhao with an Archwitch-style combination spell, leaving Zhao as Jiang Han’s next opponent.

• The BV Group qualifiers drew a huge crowd after Eileen’s spending attracted powerful witches from around the world.
• Du Lingxuan inspected Jiang Han’s equipment, then pointed out Kitty and her coach, Archwitch Ethel, as the main competition in the group.
• Zhao Xinyan and Yoshinaga Ikumi opened their match with defensive spell chains, then traded attacks and counters.
• Yoshinaga Ikumi defeated Zhao Xinyan with an Archwitch-style combination spell.
• Jiang Han learned that her next match would be against Zhao Xinyan.

Jiang Han faced Zhao Xinyan in her first individual match and defeated her with a fast combination of spells and close-range attacks. After four decisive victories, Jiang Han prepared for her fifth match, a direct clash with Kitty.

• Jiang Han assessed Zhao Xinyan and silently resolved to prove the results of her training.
• Jiang Han opened with Angelite's Seven-Attribute Spell, forcing Zhao Xinyan to defend with a rapidly cast elemental shield.
• Jiang Han closed the distance with Trickcraft space and attacked Zhao Xinyan, who countered with layered shields and defensive magic.
• Jiang Han struck Zhao Xinyan with Justice Like Winter and broke through her defenses with seven spell crystals, defeating her.
• Jiang Han won four matches in a row in under fifteen seconds each, leaving her fifth match against Kitty as the next major contest.

Kitty, awakened after surviving a battle with Eileen, fought Jiang Han in a featured match. Jiang Han’s spatial substitution and overwhelming spell attacks wore Kitty down, and Jiang Han won in three minutes and fifty-one seconds.

• Kitty abandoned Reason and embraced madness before facing Jiang Han.
• Jiang Han opened with seven-element spells and froze Kitty’s displaced mirror image, while Kitty used illusions and alchemical bombs to set a trap.
• Jiang Han unleashed Ghost Ships, corrosive rain, and Heart-Freezing Death Mist as she searched for Kitty and countered her Flash spell.
• Jiang Han used Cat’s Traction Technique to drag Kitty and a hill underground, but Kitty escaped with only part of her robe damaged.
• Jiang Han repeatedly switched positions and attacked without conserving magic, leaving Kitty exhausted.
• Kitty failed to evade Jiang Han’s final combo and was swallowed by seven waves of spells, giving Jiang Han the match in three minutes and fifty-one seconds.

Jiang Han advanced from the Eileen Cup preliminaries as the top seed, reflecting on how the single-life rules exposed the vast gap between Archwitches and top-tier witches. After celebrating at Sky Island No. 0297 with Du Lingxuan, she considered the daunting group stage ahead.

• Jiang Han finished the preliminaries with twelve wins and two losses, advancing as the top seed.
• Jiang Han realized top-tier witches’ immense immortality was the real source of their advantage, and understood why their training plans began with getting beaten up.
• Jiang Han returned to Sky Island No. 0297 with Du Lingxuan, and the two relaxed in a hot spring after their matches.
• Du Lingxuan told Jiang Han that Lin Zhaojun had barely advanced from her own preliminaries before winning the championship without another loss.
• Du Lingxuan asked whether Jiang Han had thought about the group stage, and Jiang Han said she would give it a try.

Jiang Han and Du Lingxuan relaxed in a hot spring, teased each other, and discussed nail polish before negotiating a spell trade. The chapter ended with Jiang Han agreeing to exchange her modified Ghost Ship spell for one of Du Lingxuan’s death spells below Level Seven, with extra spells possible if she chose a lower-level one.

• Jiang Han accidentally pushed Du Lingxuan beneath the water with her Giant Cat Strength, then apologized while Du Lingxuan rubbed her cat ears in retaliation.
• Jiang Han asked why Du Lingxuan made waterproof nail polish, and Du Lingxuan explained that witches used it while bathing together.
• Jiang Han persuaded Du Lingxuan to give her one bottle of blue-green gradient nail polish.
• Du Lingxuan asked to trade for Jiang Han’s modified Ghost Ship spell, which released a detection wave after colliding.
• Jiang Han agreed to trade the spell for a death spell below Level Seven and asked to see Du Lingxuan’s spell pool, requesting extra spells if she chose a lower-level one.

Jiang Han chose three Necromancy School spells built around healing herself, stealing enemies’ buffs, and disrupting their concentration, then shared obscure detection-spell information with Du Lingxuan. As they discussed the Eileen Cup’s brutal preliminaries, Jiang Han invited Du Lingxuan to play cards with Olivia, and Du Lingxuan eagerly accepted.

• Jiang Han selected Extract Life Essence, Undead Contract, and Curse Invocation as her spells, favoring healing and ways to sabotage opponents.
• Jiang Han handed Du Lingxuan a document with information about obscure detection spells to help her face witches using invisible midrange tactics.
• After discussing the tournament’s likely elimination rates and New Year’s duel broadcasts, Jiang Han invited Du Lingxuan to play cards with Olivia.
• Du Lingxuan recognized Olivia as Jiang Han’s summon and agreed to join the game, boasting that she would beat the cat.

Jiang Han watched Olivia beat Chen Ligu in a Texas Hold’em punishment game, then asked Chen to contact Black Rose Bookstore. She wanted to buy Lin Zhaojun’s peak-season knockout-stage video paintings so she could study Lin-style Fast Attack.

• Olivia won the poker hand against Chen Ligu and claimed first place in the punishment game, while Sha'er came third and Chen had to carry two Giant Cat Lamps for two laps.
• Chen Ligu finished the punishment and asked Jiang Han what she wanted while she recovered.
• Jiang Han asked Chen Ligu to call Black Rose Bookstore about buying video paintings, and Chen offered to ask Yin Ling.
• Jiang Han specified that she wanted all of Lin Zhaojun’s knockout-stage video paintings from her peak season so she could study Lin-style Fast Attack.

Chen Ligu called the Black Rose Bookstore using a magical rotary telephone to ask Yin Zhiyun about recording paintings of Lin Zhaojun. Yin Zhiyun explained that Lin’s standard casting movements depended on her innate talent, leaving Jiang Han without the research material she had hoped to find.

• Chen Ligu showed Jiang Han the curio telephone she had obtained from the Sleeping Witch, and Jiang Han examined its Cat Lamp Runes and materials.
• Chen Ligu dialed the Black Rose Bookstore, where Yin Zhiyun answered and explained how recording paintings captured scenes for study.
• Chen Ligu asked whether Yin Zhiyun had recording paintings of Lin Zhaojun’s peak-season finals, but Yin said she had none in stock.
• Yin Zhiyun advised against studying Lin Zhaojun’s movements, explaining that Lin’s exceptional casting speed came from talent-based casting that others could not reproduce.

Jiang Han visited Yin Zhiyun’s Black Rose Bookstore, where Yin recommended a recording picture about the legendary French witch Aoses von Taylor. Jiang Han accepted it and took it back to Spectator Floating Island No. 0297.

• Jiang Han spent time at Yin Zhiyun’s bookstore and enjoyed free coffee as an investment target.
• Yin Zhiyun fetched a recording picture and chatted with Jiang Han about their ages and her racing career.
• Yin Zhiyun introduced Aoses von Taylor as a legendary duelist who had ended Eileen’s and Anjie’s dynasties.
• Jiang Han questioned Aoses’s superstar status, but Yin Zhiyun urged her to watch the recording picture and offered to compensate her if it taught her nothing useful.
• Jiang Han accepted the recording picture and returned to Spectator Floating Island No. 0297.

Jiang Han and Xiya discussed how North Wind’s luck made her difficult to deal with, and Jiang Han explained how Olivia’s tail fur revealed her fortune. They secretly inspected Olivia’s tail and found its dark ring had turned completely gray, signaling exceptional luck.

• Histeria conceded her Witch Cards game with Ovi and went to talk with Jiang Han.
• Xiya told Jiang Han that dealing with North Wind felt like playing cards against a cunning Lilith.
• Jiang Han explained that Ovi’s strong fortune spread to the other Sleeping Cat Lamps and that Olivia’s tail fur showed her current luck.
• Jiang Han and Xiya crept behind Olivia and discovered that the ring of fur on her tail was completely gray.

Jiang Han, Xiya, and Carla Lamp watched an old recording painting of the battle that ended Eileen’s dynasty. Inside it, Jiang Han found a frozen memory space recreated around an enormous arena, and Xiya explained why the past could not be freely altered.

• Carla Lamp patiently tutored Liang Cuoyu and the two little witches in the hot spring while Jiang Han showed Xiya the recording painting from Black Rose Bookstore.
• Xiya and Carla Lamp chose to watch Aoses’s match against Eileen, which had ended Eileen’s dynasty.
• Xiya explained that they could enter the recording painting by guiding it with magic power, and Carla Lamp agreed to keep watch.
• Jiang Han and Xiya entered a memory space containing eight terrains and a vast arena filled with Eastern and Western Witches.
• Xiya said the recording was a carefully processed memory space, since changing even a small part of history could change the whole world.

Jiang Han and Xiya examined Aoses’s legendary record and learned that the missing Eileen had been found celebrating with champagne before their match even began. The chapter left them stunned by Eileen’s confidence as the duel’s opening approached.

• Jiang Han asked Xiya to explain Aoses, and Xiya described the Arrogant Witch’s extraordinary career and records.
• Xiya said Aoses had ended two dynasties and recalled that Eileen had been at her absolute peak during the match.
• Jiang Han noticed that Eileen was missing from the arena, and she and Xiya went to search the home team’s lounge.
• Jiang Han and Xiya found Eileen celebrating the birth of a champion with champagne before the match had begun.

Jiang Han watched a recorded match in which Aoses faced Eileen, while Xiya explained how Eileen’s historic defeat helped spark a war. Aoses endured Eileen’s overwhelming Cataclysm until she turned the battle around and won the first match, taking a 1:0 lead.

• Jiang Han watched Eileen celebrate before her match with Aoses, and Xiya explained that Eileen’s loss would prove she was not invincible and become a fuse for war.
• Jiang Han and Xiya muted and slowed the recording so Xiya could explain the witches’ opening styles.
• Eileen unleashed her Cataclysm opening, while Aoses countered with transformed Magic Missiles, illusions, and enchantments.
• Aoses endured Eileen’s spells and used her own magic and immortality to gradually gain the advantage.
• Aoses defeated Eileen after twenty-three minutes and took a 1:0 lead.

Jiang Han watched Aoses defeat Eileen in a close race-to-thirteen match and discovered how strongly she wanted to compete. She chose to study Eileen’s technical skills and Aoses’s opening strategies, and Xiya offered to train her over the next several days.

• Aoses and Eileen traded tactical adjustments until Aoses won the final game 7:6 and ended Eileen’s dynasty.
• Jiang Han awoke from the match recording, and Histeria asked whether she had felt the appeal of battle strategy.
• Jiang Han admitted that she wanted to compete, shine, and win honor for herself.
• After considering her magical aptitudes, Jiang Han chose to learn Eileen’s technical characteristics and Aoses’s opening setups.
• Xiya agreed to make a training plan and teach Jiang Han the basics over the remaining five or six days.

Jiang Han obtained Eileen’s recorded matches and learned Xiya’s brutal method for studying her opening moves. She agreed to train with Imprint Potions while Xiya prepared to modify her equipment and cloak.

• Jiang Han called Eileen, who praised her recent match and agreed to provide recordings from Floating Island No. 0105.
• Jiang Han sent Cat Carl to collect the recordings, and the giant cat got stuck in the doorway before the others pushed her free.
• Xiya explained that Imprint Potions would let Jiang Han reproduce Eileen’s spells at the risk of collapsing and dying after too many unlearned casts.
• Jiang Han agreed to use the potions to learn Eileen’s opening moves, and Xiya offered to modify her gear and cloak for a discounted fee.

Jiang Han endured five days of deadly training, spending much of her accumulated wealth on books, potions, equipment upgrades, and help from the Ghost Witches. In Liflu’s training arena, she fought Histeria with a growing arsenal of spells and ended the battle by unleashing a world-destroying flood while preparing a second legendary spell.

• Jiang Han survived five days of intensive study and combat training, dying and being resurrected more than sixty times a day on average.
• Jiang Han spent over half her funds on training resources and services from Liflu, Eve Harkins, and Roxanne, and realized that becoming a top-tier Archwitch would cost far more than she had expected.
• Liflu watched Jiang Han and Histeria fight in her Pure Witch’s Arena as Jiang Han used newly learned spells to evade and counterattack.
• Jiang Han gained the initiative against Histeria with her fast reactions and combinations of control and damage spells, forcing Histeria to retreat with Anti-Magic Field and Gemstone Leap.
• Jiang Han covered the arena with Heart-Freezing Death Mist, retreated with Cat’s Escape Technique, and used Cat Lamp Shared Casting to unleash a massive flood as she began channeling another legendary spell.

Jiang Han defeated Xiya in a training match by anticipating her habits and unleashing two rapid legendary spells. After five days of brutal training, Roxanne revealed that she and Xiya had upgraded Jiang Han’s equipment for competition, with the group-stage brackets due to be announced in six hours.

• Jiang Han used curses and two rapidly cast legendary spells to shatter Xiya’s shield and force her into ghost form, winning their match.
• At the Rest Camp, Histeria praised Jiang Han for anticipating her dueling and psychological habits.
• Jiang Han and Xiya drank their post-training remedies as Liflu noted Jiang Han had endured five straight days of training.
• Roxanne said the group matches would begin in one day and eight hours and that the group-stage brackets would be announced in six hours.
• Roxanne opened a case and showed Jiang Han the professional-grade equipment she and Xiya had upgraded for competition.

Jiang Han received her upgraded lightsword and new Spell Model Extractors, while the Ghost Witches explained the costs and risks of equipment maintenance. The extractors could let her Storage Cat Lamps cast a wider variety of spells, though Roxanne warned that the unusual devices would require training.

• Jiang Han tested Adeline after Roxanne and Xiya showed her its professional-grade modifications and improved emitter.
• Jiang Han calculated how much she would need to earn to cover the upgrade and training costs, while Xiya lamented how expensive her own equipment was to maintain.
• Liflu advised Jiang Han to have the Ghost Witches maintain her gear, and Roxanne and Xiya explained how dishonest shops could exploit repair contracts.
• Roxanne gave Jiang Han a box of Spell Model Extractors made from leftover equipment, explaining that they could let her Storage Cat Lamps cast stored spell models.
• Jiang Han welcomed the chance to chain together more spells, and Roxanne warned that the extractors had strange traits and the cat lamps would need training.

Jiang Han trained the Storage Giant Cat Lamps to cast spells through music, then found Eileen studying for a special series of witch exams alongside Cleya, Liang Cuoyu, and Afuna. Eileen’s exams were being arranged to let the young witches graduate early, and Jiang Han realized the scale of Eileen’s influence.

• Jiang Han had the Storage Giant Cat Lamps absorb magic power, but struggled to teach them to cast spells using the new musical Light Sword Adeline.
• Jiang Han taught the giant cats basic music and had Jiang Miao help them practice spell sheet music and the Cat Reunion Song.
• Jiang Han entered the room and found Eileen studying with Liang Cuoyu, Cleya, and Afuna while the others played Witch Cards.
• Eileen told Jiang Han she would take A3, A2, and A1 exams in succession, with special exam sessions arranged for her.
• Eileen explained that passing A1 would let the three younger witches graduate early and receive flexible schooling and other benefits.

Jiang Han, Chen Ligu, and Du Lingxuan watched the group-stage draw and learned the tournament format and increasingly lavish prizes. As the drawing began, Jiang Han felt uncertain about her chances, while Du Lingxuan grew excited about competing for the championship.

• Jiang Han, Chen Ligu, and Du Lingxuan watched the group-stage draw from the giant cats' cottage after their own cottage was occupied.
• Eileen and Elsa Stern explained that thirty-two contestants would compete for two places in the winners' bracket, with third place earning an invitation to the next Eileen Cup.
• Eileen announced the escalating prizes, including a champion's reward of up to sixty-five million yuan, a custom ringworld, a vault treasure, Black Source Matter armor, and at least ten legendary spellbooks.
• Du Lingxuan became excited by the chance to win the championship, while Chen Ligu regretted that she could not compete for its rewards.
• Jiang Han thought the knockout stage might be within reach after her grueling training, though she remained unsure of her chances.