Chapter Summaries

Jiang Han and Caroline gathered materials after the Cat Lamps defeated a barbarian bull, then Jiang Han began refining a nettle-family plant in her newly acquired Universal Alchemy Cauldron. The cauldron worked perfectly despite the minor flaw that had led Angelite to discard it.

• The Cat Lamps enthusiastically attacked the barbarian bull after learning it had meat, and Jiang Han praised their pragmatism.
• Caroline tried to lift the bull to match Jiang Han's claim of divine strength, but struggled under its weight and the four Cat Lamps on top.
• Caroline directed the Cat Lamps as they skinned and butchered the bull while Jiang Han examined their gathered materials.
• Jiang Han found seasoning leaves that could yield leyline liquid and brought out her Universal Alchemy Cauldron, which she had bought cheaply from Angelite's warehouse.
• Jiang Han put the leaves into the cauldron and watched it heat cleanly, delighted that the cauldron worked despite the bubbles in its gem ring.

Jiang Han refined leyline materials for the cat-lamp wonder she needed to build to advance as a Giant Cat Lord, while enjoying a vacation with Cen Jing and Caroline. The three returned home the next day after trading handmade orders, and Jiang Han looked forward to finding a cat designer before returning to work.

• Jiang Han cooled her newly refined leyline liquid, stole a Lava Burst Fruit from Cen Jing, and enjoyed eating it.
• Jiang Han retrieved twenty-eight tubes of rose-and-coral-red crystalline material intended for her cat-lamp wonder.
• Jiang Han reflected that she needed to build a wonder on Giant Cat Island to advance her Giant Cat Lord profession and eventually help Histeria and Du Lingxuan advance too.
• Jiang Han hoped Chen Ligu would find her a giant cat designer before she returned home the next day.
• Jiang Han, Cen Jing, and Caroline ate dinner together, then returned home and placed handmade orders with one another.

Jiang Han discussed wonder designs with Cat Ge, while Gray Mist Cat Lamp steered the designer away from proposing a pyramid. After striking a playful deal with Ovi for a school swimsuit, Jiang Han went to work at the National Alchemy Workshop Group and was already eager to leave as the chapter ended.

• Jiang Han heard Cat Ge propose a pyramid wonder, but Gray Mist Cat Lamp argued against it by pointing out its limitations and the awkward implications for Jiang Han’s companions.
• Cat Ge agreed to reconsider, and Ovi joked that accepting pyramids and a Cat Parliament would make Jiang Han the other kind of Giant Cat Lord.
• Ovi persuaded Jiang Han to play Marite Racing the next day by offering to wear a school swimsuit, and Jiang Han eagerly accepted the deal.
• Jiang Han worked as Witch House’s representative at the National Alchemy Workshop Group, preparing alchemy lists and raw-material allocation sheets alongside Priscilla.
• Jiang Han complained that she wanted to get off work soon after her workday began.

Jiang Han worked as deputy team leader at the National Alchemy Workshop Group, where she used her precision skills to produce Dragon-Summoning Flute chips. As she chatted with Priscilla about the company’s hiring practices and Eileen’s views on the modern witch system, Jiang Han continued working toward her daily quota.

• Jiang Han’s team produced Dragon-Summoning Flutes, and she handled the intricate rune-engraved core chips.
• Priscilla asked whether Jiang Han needed to leave work early, but Jiang Han said she wanted to earn the 3% commission on each chip.
• Priscilla complained that the company had initially assigned her an A1 expert with only two months of emergency training and no practical internship.
• Jiang Han and Priscilla discussed how witches’ field internships prepared them for actual work.
• Priscilla criticized Eileen as an old aristocrat prejudiced against the modern witch system, while Jiang Han defended Eileen’s efforts to learn from it.

Jiang Han enjoyed her strong standing at the Witch company and used her high productivity to earn permission to take a break. She left the office for the massage pool and food, planning to return before the end of the workday to finish her quota.

• Jiang Han checked the team's progress and saw that she had made over forty chips while Priscilla had completed more than twenty sequencing runes, the basic-kit team had finished sixteen sets, and the assembly line had put together twelve.
• Jiang Han told Priscilla she was going to the massage pool and would get something to eat, and Priscilla approved her break after seeing her output.
• Jiang Han left the office and reflected that capable workers at the Witch company could take breaks as long as they completed their assigned work.
• Jiang Han passed the crowded company café and continued toward the hot springs and massage pools.

Jiang Han explored the company’s facilities and learned about its voucher system and witch-centered workforce. Eileen offered her an alchemy idol project proposed by Anjie, and Jiang Han agreed to review it within a week.

• Jiang Han used company benefit vouchers to buy pan-fried butter fish and French herb cheese with scallops.
• Jiang Han toured the company’s recreational areas and admired its witch-designed promotional posters.
• Eileen found Jiang Han resting and warned her not to set a bad example for the other witches in her group.
• Eileen gave Jiang Han Anjie’s proposal for an alchemy idol collaboration and asked her to respond within a week.
• Jiang Han watched episodes of Alien Cuisine Interview while eating her meal.

Jiang Han developed a tank concept for Anna Emily Penko’s slime army and returned home after a productive day of work. She found Ovi, Vera, and Carla waiting in school swimsuits, while Sha'er slept nearby.

• Jiang Han accepted Anna Emily Penko’s order for equipment to improve her slime servants’ combat strength and came up with a soft tank inspired by the Slug from Metal Slug.
• Jiang Han finished her work early, assembled ten extra units, and headed home in a Cat Lamp vehicle.
• Jiang Han passed Snow Phoebe Lake’s security system and recorded the Cat Lamp driver’s wages, then accepted some kitty-coins the driver returned.
• Jiang Han arrived home to find the Cat Lamps absent and the house lit by candles.
• Jiang Han entered the living room and saw Ovi, Vera, and Carla in school swimsuits, with Sha'er asleep in human form.

Jiang Han came home to find Ovie wearing a school swimsuit and asking for help ranking up Vera. As the Sleeping Witches bickered, Ovie revealed how she had created the other Sleeping Cat Lamps, and Jiang Han settled in to play Carla’s game.

• Ovie asked Jiang Han to help Vera rank up, but Jiang Han asked for a drink and some time to recover from the shock of Ovie’s appearance.
• Vera brought Jiang Han chilled osmanthus drink, and Jiang Han observed that Ovie, Vera, and Carla were distinct people rather than ordinary avatars.
• Ovie explained that she had split off eight kittens after swallowing a fortuitous encounter that transformed her into a Cat Lamp Witch.
• Vera teased Ovie about their sisterly relationship, and the two Sleeping Witches began playfully fighting.
• Jiang Han took Carla’s controller and played the game to keep herself from angering Ovie.

Jiang Han helped Ovi climb the Marite Racing ranks while asking about her Giant Cat Wonder. Ovi described her castle and offered Jiang a chapel in exchange for designing vehicles for the Cat Lamps, and Jiang negotiated for a high-quality wonder blueprint instead.

• Jiang Han used her S-tier racing skills to seize first place in a C+ Marite Racing match while Ovi watched.
• Jiang Han asked Ovi about her Giant Cat Wonder, and Ovi got angry that Jiang had not yet visited her territory.
• Ovi explained that her enormous castle let her rule the Cat Lamps, grant fiefs, and control the Shadow Realm.
• Ovi offered Jiang a small chapel if Jiang designed a vehicle that could travel across the Cat Lamp Islands.
• Jiang proposed designing tracked, levitating all-terrain vehicles for the Cat Lamps and asked for a high-quality wonder blueprint instead of a chapel.
• Ovi agreed to Jiang's terms.

After completing a week’s worth of work in one day, Jiang Han designed a flying vehicle for Cat Lamps and learned that Priscilla had taken a week off. Jiang Han requested leave for the same period and got it approved, beginning an unexpectedly long vacation.

• Jiang Han pushed Olivia’s Vera account from C+ to A- and thanked Meow Yi Ao for two bottles of nonalcoholic wine-flavored drink.
• Jiang Han playfully groped Meow Yi Ao, then fled to her room while Meow Yi Ao threw balls of yarn at her.
• While lounging in bed, Jiang Han considered problems with her slime tank design and sketched a pot-shaped flying craft for Cat Lamps.
• Jiang Han called the National Alchemy Workshop Group and learned from Bu Yuefeng that Priscilla had taken a week of leave after the team finished its weekly quota.
• Jiang Han asked Bu Yuefeng to request leave for her until Priscilla returned, and her leave was approved within two minutes.

Jiang Han dressed up and invited her friends for a stroll, but most were busy until Lilian agreed to join her at the Medieval Cafe. Jiang Han reached the cafe in Garden Pipes, a dangerous broom-racing course that drew witches interested in engineering, potions, and alchemy.

• Jiang Han dressed in a sailor-collar JK dress, braided her hair into twin buns, and asked her friends to join her for a stroll.
• Jiang Han learned that Eileen, Angelite, Kraken, Du Lingxuan, and Lin Zhaojun were occupied with their own plans.
• Lilian offered to accompany Jiang Han to “that place,” while Lilith reminded Lilian to repay her debt and Lilian headed out.
• Jiang Han remembered that she owed Zhen Ling two boxes of desserts, then left for the Medieval Cafe.
• Jiang Han passed a crashed broom racer and learned that Garden Pipes was a perilous racing course popular with witches in alchemy, engineering, and magical medicine.
• Jiang Han entered the Medieval Cafe.

Jiang Han met Lilian at a café and discovered Ancient Fruit Coffee, a newly discovered drink that restored magical power. She left delighted with a huge cup of coffee and a taste of grilled mushrooms and beef.

• Jiang Han arrived at the café and found Lilian with Du Lingxuan’s parrotfish, which Lilian was holding for her while she saved money.
• Lilian ordered Ancient Fruit Coffee, smoked beef, and a Cat Lamp for herself and Jiang Han.
• Lilian explained that Ancient Fruit Coffee was made from fruit-bearing plants along the River of Time and could restore a witch’s magical power.
• Jiang Han loved the coffee and persuaded Lilian to let her order fifteen liters in her Cat Cup.
• Jiang Han watched the dwarf witch prepare the coffee, then tucked the full Cat Cup into her tail and tried grilled mushrooms with beef.

Jiang Han and Lilian prepared to hunt for discarded treasures in the Garden Pipes, hiring two Great Adventure Cat Lamps and heading toward a newly formed scrapyard. Their plans ended with Ketus threatening to doom Lilian’s thesis after Lilian mocked Water Dragon Certificate witches.

• Jiang Han researched the Garden Pipes and learned how witches found treasures in its discarded parts fields.
• Lilian haggled with a dwarven witch and hired two Great Adventure Cat Lamps for four thousand one a day each.
• Jiang Han concealed her own treasure-hunting abilities while helping Lilian prepare the cat lamps for the trip.
• Jiang Han and Lilian found information about a new scrapyard near the Garden Pipes E3 commercial street exit, where magical robots had appeared.
• Lilian mocked Water Dragon Certificate witches within earshot of Ketus, who threatened to doom Lilian’s thesis.

Jiang Han and Lilian reached an abandoned parts yard, where Qiao Rou and Chen Yu invited them to explore together. Jiang Han divided the area among the witches, then secretly used magic needles to scout their searches while preparing to hunt for loot herself.

• Lilian complained about Master Ketus’s punishment and explained that she had once angered Anjie by sending her erotic fiction about herself and other people.
• Jiang Han and Lilian reached the parts yard, where Qiao Rou and Chen Yu applauded Jiang Han’s landing and invited them to explore together.
• Lilian gave Qiao Rou and Chen Yu handmade protective scrolls and shared insider news about her Peak Witches certification votes.
• Jiang Han claimed three warehouses, prompting the others to choose separate areas to search.
• Jiang Han secretly sent 567 magic needles into the ley lines and used their feedback to monitor the other witches’ searches without being detected.

Jiang Han used magic to develop her Nightmare Extractor, which turned nightmares into monsters and materials, but needed rare prototype modules to improve it. She recruited three Mist Immortal Cat Lamps to search for parts and agreed to consider their request for legal shop franchises in Nightmare City.

• Jiang Han explained that developing an inspiration required knowledge, magic-powered turns to make it feasible, and theoretical research materials.
• Jiang Han completed the first turn of her Nightmare Extractor after spending her magic power five times over.
• Jiang Han described how the Nightmare Extractor summoned monsters from nightmares, whose deaths yielded materials and nightmare energy, though its use had driven some servants mad.
• Jiang Han summoned three Mist Immortal Cat Lamps and asked them to find prototype modules for the machine.
• The Mist Immortal Cat Lamps requested permission to open shops legally, and Jiang Han agreed to consider negotiating franchise rights with the Nightmare Cat Lamps.

Jiang Han explored a component warehouse with the Mist Immortal Cat Lamps, opening chests and finding a remarkable piece of Black Refined Damascus Steel. She stored the steel to sell to Anjie and planned to camp in the yard and catch up with Qiao Rou and Chen Yu.

• The Mist Immortal Cat Lamps rummaged through the warehouse and brought Jiang Han parts and component chests to inspect.
• Jiang Han opened a chest with her [Give Cat Three Shares!] ability and found several pieces of Black Refined Damascus Steel among its contents.
• Jiang Han discovered that the steel was extraordinarily cold and strong, then stored it to sell to Anjie.
• Jiang Han opened more chests, found mostly ordinary or edible components, and saved some treats for Qiao Rou and Chen Yu.
• Jiang Han decided to camp in the component yard and catch up with Qiao Rou and Chen Yu, who had been having adventures of their own.

Jiang Han hosted Qiao Rou, Chen Yu, and other witches with a feast she had prepared using pot-cooking and magic. During dinner, Qiao Rou revealed that her recent official business concerned Lady Eileen and Jiang Han’s company, prompting discussion of the Anse invasion.

• Jiang Han prepared a feast of sweet white-chocolate drink, veal, rice, and fish, relying on pot-cooking because she struggled with ordinary recipes.
• Before dawn, Jiang Han and the witches gathered around stone tables and bonfires to enjoy the meal, which the Cat Lamps also relished.
• Qiao Rou told Jiang Han that her official business involved Jiang Han’s company and Lady Eileen.
• Lilian asked whether the matter concerned the invasion of Anse, and Jiang Han pretended not to know about it.
• Jiang Han recalled how the witches’ hostility toward the Anse Elves had passed from Olivia to Eileen and later Anjie, and realized Eileen was acting sooner than she had expected.

Jiang Han returned to work and processed a core chip for a Gravity Cannon, a brutal weapon designed to distort gravity. After successfully reproducing Eileen’s chip, she suspected the company was stockpiling armaments for Eileen’s planned campaign in the Anse II Plane.

• Jiang Han returned to the National Alchemy Workshop Group after signing a Non-Disclosure Declaration and began work on a witch’s core armament.
• Jiang Han used her magical tentacles to process the Gravity Cannon’s complex chip, a weapon that reassigned gravity at twice its original strength in random directions.
• After wasting three sets of materials, Jiang Han produced a qualified chip modeled on one made by Eileen.
• Priscilla inspected the chip, praised its flawless rules and high completion rate, and told Jiang Han that even Eileen had needed two sets of materials.
• Jiang Han asked why the company was making a Gravity Cannon, and Priscilla suggested it might be for the Witch Agency.
• Jiang Han suspected Eileen was stockpiling weapons for an invasion of the Anse II Plane using her company’s extraterritorial rights.

Priscilla’s team celebrated finishing a week’s worth of work in one day, while Jiang Han privately asked whether the company was stockpiling too many weapons. Priscilla said the weapons had already been sold, leaving Jiang Han surprised and questioning her suspicions.

• Priscilla’s team completed most of an order for five gravity-nullification cannons in one day and celebrated at a company-owned sushi restaurant.
• Priscilla told her team that their performance report could wait until the end of the week, and the witches avoided asking her to submit it early.
• Jiang Han asked Priscilla about a piece of sushi, then quietly asked whether the company had been stockpiling weapons.
• Priscilla said Eileen had sold the gravity-nullification cannons and the other groups’ weapons, and asked Jiang Han why she seemed surprised.

Jiang Han negotiated with Priscilla over intelligence concerning Eileen and proposed a limited alliance. They agreed to share information that could help them benefit from Eileen’s next move, laying the groundwork for cooperation.

• Jiang Han decided to trade information with Priscilla before the witch could gather the same news herself.
• Jiang Han called Priscilla over for milk tea, while Priscilla used the moment to shape how the other witches viewed Jiang Han.
• Priscilla correctly guessed which drink Jiang Han wanted and recognized the talisman system she used to seal their conversation.
• Jiang Han proposed forming an intelligence alliance with Priscilla, and they set Eileen’s next move as the sole focus of their limited cooperation.