Chapter Summaries

Jiang Han searched Eileen’s library for information about Anse Elves and struggled to decipher Eleanor’s evasive account of Olivia’s foreign policy. Nyx translated the passage, revealing that Eleanor had pushed through Olivia’s impractical plan despite objections, and that it had caused losses.

• Jiang Han began researching Anse Elven culture in Eileen’s library because ordinary applications for the books took weeks.
• Jiang Han read Eleanor’s account of witches’ dealings with the Anse Elves while Nyx watched Mei Ying’s comedy and drank chicken soup.
• Jiang Han found Eleanor’s description of Olivia’s foreign-policy shift difficult to interpret and asked Nyx for help.
• Nyx explained that Eleanor had praised Olivia’s plan, resisted revisions proposed by other Great Witches, and obscured the losses the policy caused.

Jiang Han prepared to present a program about the Anse Elves and their history, then met Fu Qi, the Mountain Dragon witch, as she took over the Grand Library’s guard shift. Fu Qi offered to accompany Jiang Han as her protector, leaving their plans for the program ahead.

• Jiang Han considered how to present Eleanor’s account of Olivia’s war against the Anse Elves, deciding to frame it as the elves having tricked the witches.
• Jiang Han found that the Winter Witch had left, fetched fried cod and shishamo bellies, and met Fu Qi arriving to guard the Grand Library.
• Fu Qi told Jiang Han she had lost six races against giant cats and admitted she had chased them without asking permission.
• Jiang Han told Fu Qi about her upcoming program related to the Anse Elves, and Fu Qi volunteered to accompany her as a protector.

Jiang Han told Eileen that Fu Qi wanted to join the production crew’s trip, and Eileen agreed, saying Fu Qi would help protect her. Eileen also revealed that the program could help ease growing tensions between Eastern and Western Witches, leaving Jiang Han tasked with keeping an eye on Fu Qi.

• Fu Qi asked Jiang Han to help her join the production crew’s trip, explaining that she wanted to collect souvenirs and could use the crew’s protection from old enemies.
• Jiang Han visited Eileen and told her that Fu Qi wanted to travel with the production crew.
• Eileen agreed to let Fu Qi join, saying the Mountain Dragon Witch could protect Jiang Han and help her return or find food if needed.
• Eileen explained that growing East-West tensions made the program a possible means of communication between Eastern and Western Witches.
• Eileen clarified that Jiang Han would be keeping an eye on Fu Qi for her.

Jiang Han’s crew stopped at a floating island for European air customs inspection before entering Sea Spring Fort, where the rules for surrendering wands revealed how status and legal duel rights affected witches. Jiang Han learned that she would have to surrender her wand because Eileen had not granted her duel rights, and she relied on Lin Zhaojun, Nyx, and Fu Qi for protection.

• The production crew stopped at a floating island for food, refueling, and an air customs inspection before entering Sea Spring Fort.
• Lin Zhaojun presented her identity card and invoked an amendment allowing her to keep her wand while accepting responsibility for any danger.
• Fu Qi explained that wand surrender was largely a formality for powerful witches, while Nyx pointed out that even Angelite would not surrender her Sovereign Scepter.
• Fu Qi told Jiang Han that she had to surrender her wand because Eileen had not granted her a duel certificate or duel rights.
• Jiang Han accepted that she would depend on Nyx and Fu Qi for security, and Fu Qi promised she would experience the European Continent’s ranger spirit.

As the airship traveled toward Sea Spring Fort, Lin Zhaojun accepted a challenge from Heather McMillan and defeated her decisively. Ranger witches continued challenging the group along the way, and the airship entered the fort after dozens of duels.

• A Lin practiced with Jiang Han's lightsword, and Lin Zhaojun identified that it had been repaired recently.
• The airship made an emergency stop when Heather McMillan blocked its path and challenged Lin Zhaojun to a duel.
• Lin Zhaojun invoked her own grievance against Heather for obstructing her work, then killed her with a swift spellblade strike and blocked her final attack.
• Ranger witches repeatedly challenged the travelers as the airship advanced, and Lin Zhaojun won more than fifty duels without being injured.
• After the group reached Sea Spring Fort, the Mountain Dragon Witch, the Winter Witch, and other guards also faced numerous challenges.

Jiang Han and the idol Witches prepared for a debate program about whether Olivia’s war against the Anse Elves was just, while the crew transformed the set. After the meeting, Clara and Mixue left angry, and Dolores approached Jiang Han to smooth over their apparent misunderstanding.

• Takeuchi Hina enthusiastically ordered the crew to add broken weapons and a damaged wall to the set as the Witches fought nearby.
• The director assigned the idol Witches to debate Olivia’s war, and Jiang Han secured the topic of its justification before Dolores claimed the historical materials and interviews.
• The director gave Clara and Mixue the debate segment, assigned reports to Linda, and asked Takeuchi Hina to prepare a meat feast.
• After the meeting, Clara and Mixue stomped past Jiang Han, and Dolores told her that the two seniors seemed to have misunderstood something.

Jiang Han shared a meal with Dolores at Sea Spring Fort and used their conversation to learn how the idol witches viewed their careers. Dolores planned to build her fame but seemed unlikely to leave the idol industry, and Jiang Han considered reporting her findings to Angelite.

• Dolores led Jiang Han to a shark soup shop and ordered local dishes while explaining that she researched food wherever she worked.
• Jiang Han and Dolores discussed the Anse Elves’ invasion, and Dolores dismissed the incident as a lucky accident that had not forced out a Great Witch.
• Dolores said she hoped to gain enough fame to join expeditions conquering other worlds and earn substantial rewards.
• Jiang Han asked whether Dolores planned to leave the idol industry, and Dolores said she probably would not, citing Nasha’s connections and performance as a contrast.
• Dolores praised Rosa and the others as idols’ ultimate forms, and Jiang Han considered passing Dolores’s views to Angelite and seeking operational funding.

Jiang Han reported on the idol industry to Angelite’s avatar, then received costumes and production equipment from Nyx, who learned Jiang Han knew confidential details about professorships. The chapter ended with Jiang Han hinting that she might share the information over drinks.

• Jiang Han told Angelite’s avatar that performers were satisfied overall but wanted better income and greater fame, and Angelite approved her requested funds.
• Angelite’s avatar explained that Jiang Han should investigate spellcasting organizations more deeply but abandon most endorsement leads to avoid conflict with traditional witches.
• Nyx arrived at Jiang Han’s Burrow Bed at 1:30 a.m. with the production team’s costumes, turret, and sail-powered floating warship.
• Nyx told Jiang Han that Greedy Umbrella had recruited two professors and twelve associate professors, and Jiang Han nearly revealed that fifteen professorships were being added that year.
• Jiang Han hinted that she could disclose confidential information about professor positions, and Nyx offered to share Cold Spring Moon Sugar while they talked.

Jiang Han, Dolores, Mixue, and Clara dressed in sanitized traditional Anse Elven attire and arrived for the recording. The production team had transformed the set into a ruined nighttime scene, and Jiang Han began presenting the Anse era as filming started.

• Jiang Han changed into ornate Anse Elven clothing and struggled to walk in its high-heeled sandals.
• Dolores and Mixue joined Jiang Han, and the three met Clara at the entrance to the recording area.
• Clara asked whether they would have to wear the revealing clothes for the entire recording, and Mixue told her to use magic if she got cold.
• The witches arrived at a redesigned set featuring a fireplace, ruined walls, and a small world sphere depicting the Anse era.
• The director seated the four idol witches and warned them to hold in any need to use the bathroom.
• Jiang Han introduced the Anse era and remarked that the Anse Elves had become notorious, awaiting justice from the witches.

Jiang Han and the production team worried that their educational program had performed poorly, but Eileen responded with a livestream interview rather than a reprimand. In the interview, Eileen announced plans to use force to reclaim twenty legendary spells owed by the Anse Elves, leaving the witches stunned by the sudden escalation.

• Jiang Han reassured the idol witches that Eileen had anticipated the program’s poor ratings and would not act at a loss.
• The witches speculated about how Eileen might promote the show while waiting for her response.
• Eileen sent the production team a livestream link to Cats Watch Too! Top Witch Fortnightly Talk.
• During the interview, Eileen said she had found the Anse Elves’ plane and that the Great Witches were considering using force to reclaim twenty witch-recognized legendary spells.

Jiang Han watched Eileen turn a war against the Anse Elves into a free spectacle designed to sell accumulated Anse-era goods, while the witches succumbed to bloodlust. In an interview, Eileen framed the campaign as a righteous effort to reclaim stolen legendary spells and limited participation to witches on leave or working as mercenaries, hunters, or seekers.

• Eileen planned to use a war against the Anse Elves to stir up the witches and sell the artworks and weapons she had stockpiled.
• Jiang Han and the other witches grew increasingly bloodthirsty as they watched Eileen’s plan, while Lin Zhaojun displayed a witch’s smile and Dolores licked her bleeding lip.
• At Eileen’s surface dragon nest, reporter Ainuofen asked about the Anse Elves, and Eileen falsely described past attacks as moral condemnations against a race that had ignored witch goodwill.
• Eileen claimed the Anse Elves had defrauded the witches of more than twenty legendary spells and called the planned armed campaign a just war.
• Eileen announced that witches could register for free, but only those on statutory weekends, holidays, or paid leave, or those working as professional mercenaries, hunters, or seekers, could participate.

After returning home, Jiang Han reunited with her household and learned that war with the Anse Elves was nearly certain. She also revealed that the Witch Agency was preparing to sell the elves’ inheritance, then went to bathe and sleep.

• Jiang Han returned to Snow Phoebe Lake and found posters of herself and growing interest in the Anse Elves throughout the city.
• Jiang Han arrived home and found the Giant Cats practicing their hobbies while Zhen Ling, Miaomiao, and her parents spent time in the lounge.
• Ye Keshu asked Jiang Han whether war with the Anse Elves had been confirmed, and Jiang Han said it was basically inevitable.
• Ye Keshu looked forward to earning overtime pay by helping the South City Witch Association after war was declared.
• Jiang Han told Ye Keshu that the Witch Agency’s diplomatic department was seeking buyers for the Anse Elves’ inheritance.
• Jiang Han excused herself to bathe and sleep, and Ms. Xuan offered to have a cat chef bring food to her room.

Jiang Han settled back into her room, caught up on work and messages, and applied to join the Cat Witch Mutual Aid Association. She expected her fame from Eileen’s show to raise her value, and ended the chapter requesting an inspection of her Cat Witch identity.

• Jiang Han relaxed in her room’s hot-spring waterfall and used electricity-producing Dragon Turtles to charge her Cat Lamps while soaking her feet.
• Jiang Han noticed Ovi, Sha’er, and Carla were away, hoped Ovi’s negotiations with Angelite were going well, and read her emails and thesis-formatting work.
• Jiang Han received a poster photoshoot commission request from Blue-Clad Union and decided to delay it while considering how the idol show could increase her future worth.
• Jiang Han read an invitation from the Cat Witch Mutual Aid Association, which had confirmed her transformation was not temporary.
• Jiang Han applied to join the Cat Witch Mutual Aid Association and requested doorstep identity verification.

Lois Kazan visited Jiang Han to recruit her into Angelite's faith and offer her a paladin path, but Jiang Han declined and asked about the Cat Witch Mutual Aid Association's trade channels and administrators. After hearing Jiang Han managed a vast Giant Cat Island, Lois agreed to discuss cooperation, and Jiang Han said a Giant Cat Lamp would negotiate for her.

• Lois Kazan inspected Jiang Han and praised her bloodline and appearance, then invited her to sell Witch Eggs in the future.
• Lois tried to introduce Jiang Han to Angelite and recruit her as a paladin, but Jiang Han declined both offers.
• Jiang Han asked Lois whether the Cat Witch Mutual Aid Association could provide administrators and trade channels for her Giant Cat Island.
• Lois mentioned rumors that Lady Olivia had become active again and asked about Jiang Han's connections to the Cat Lamps.
• Jiang Han guaranteed that her managed areas each held at least six thousand Cat Lamps, and Lois agreed to prepare cooperation documents.
• Jiang Han said a Giant Cat Lamp would negotiate with Lois on her behalf.

After Lois Kazan left, Jiang Han considered Cat Bo’s plan for governing Giant Cat Island and asked Ovi about their research and new Cat Lamp kin. Ovi reported that their research had been sent back for further study, Angelite would fund experiments and train thirty research Cat Lamps, and she suggested hiring Sha’er for their next project before entering Anse Elves territory.

• Jiang Han assured Lois Kazan she would handle communication with the Giant Cat Lamps if needed, then considered Cat Bo’s proposed residence permits and decided to meet with Cat Bo weekly.
• Jiang Han asked Ovi about her work with Angelite, and Ovi said the research had been sent back for further study while Angelite agreed to fund experiments and train thirty research Cat Lamps.
• Ovi told Jiang Han that Roselia Cullen would be second author, Angelite third author, and Jiang Han first author on the research.
• Ovi revealed that Jiang Han had gained a new kin of aggressive, cyan, long-eared Cat Lamps with short tails that grew Glowing Mushrooms in the Cat Netherworld.
• Jiang Han asked Ovi to recommend a research project before they entered Anse Elves territory, and Ovi suggested hiring Sha’er.

Jiang Han learned that pine oil production could not be expanded easily and asked about buying into the trade, while Ovi pointed her toward the Sea River Giant Cats. The discussion shifted to the Anse Elves, and Ovi said the Giant Cat Lamps should show their strength on the battlefield.

• Jiang Han soaked her tail in pine oil and asked whether the trees could be grown on Giant Cat Island.
• Ovi explained that pine oil trees required exceptionally powerful earth veins and that Xuelun Curie had only managed to develop nutrient mixtures for most Giant Cats.
• Ovi agreed to secretly skim pine oil from Vera, then identified Mao Yeya of the Sea River Giant Cats as the cat handling the trade routes.
• Jiang Han asked to buy a share, and Ovi said she could obtain about three-thousandths by paying with Cat Gems or Witch Gold.
• Jiang Han said she would speak with the interested giant cats and noted that Giant Cat Island needed pine oil for its residents.
• Ovi asked about the Anse Elves and said the Giant Cat Lamps should demonstrate their power on the battlefield.

Olivia explained that the witches were preparing for an almost certain war with the Anse Elves, who had sealed their main plane and chosen a direct confrontation. Jiang Han was assigned to organize Giant Cat Lamp logistics, and she left to arrange the transport teams.

• Jiang Han asked whether Giant Cats would fight alongside the witches, and Olivia said they would provide logistical support while Histeria and Du Lingxuan led breakthrough operations.
• Olivia said war was 99 percent certain because the Anse Elves had fortified Anse II Plane, blocked access routes, and destroyed multiverse connections to prevent the witches from reaching their main plane.
• Jiang Han reflected that both sides could have fled but had instead chosen a head-on battle that would devastate their servant armies.
• Olivia explained anti-magic fields and the dangers witches faced on real battlefields, while Ovi reassured Jiang Han that Cat Lamps could escape into the Cat Netherworld.
• Olivia told Jiang Han to gather Giant Cat Lamps and transport teams the next day, and agreed that she could recruit others to help carry supplies.
• Jiang Han agreed to make the arrangements.

Jiang Han recruited Li Li and her Dragon Turtles for a Witch Agency transport convoy supporting the campaign in the Anse II Plane. After learning that Eileen had funded a generous reward pool, Jiang Han discovered Ovi’s secret assignment: stealing the Anse Elves’ sun.

• Jiang Han called Li Li, who agreed to bring reliable Dragon Turtles and registration documents for the transport convoy.
• Jiang Han reviewed the Witch Agency’s contract for transporting supplies and servant armies, supporting battles, and carrying injured soldiers back to supply points.
• Ovi revealed that Eileen and Big Eileen had persuaded the Sunshine Girl to provide three treasure vaults as convoy rewards.
• Jiang Han swore not to reveal Ovi’s secret, and Ovi told her that Eileen had hired her to steal the Anse Elves’ sun.

Jiang Han visited Li Li’s revived Dragon Park, where Li Li explained how her family had modernized their ancestral staffs and signed Jiang Han’s contract. Li Li then showed Jiang Han the institute and its newly bred Dragon Turtles, which Jiang Han left her to choose.

• Jiang Han visited Li Li’s prosperous estate and greeted her with a close forehead touch.
• Li Li explained that her family had rebuilt their ancestors’ staffs with modern technology to make a powerful new set.
• Jiang Han sampled Li Li’s warmed yellow wine and dragon meat rolls, then had Li Li sign the contract and made it effective with magic.
• Li Li offered to let Jiang Han choose Dragon Turtles, and Jiang Han asked her to handle the selection.
• Li Li toured Jiang Han around the Ecological Dragon Garden and showed her the newly developed magnetically levitating Dragon Turtles.

Jiang Han persuaded Li Li to provide Dragon Turtles for a battlefield transport corps by explaining how a small, high-payload team could avoid attracting attacks. Li Li agreed after Jiang Han promised to compensate her family for losses exceeding twenty turtles with load-bearing Cat Spiders.

• Li Li argued that sixty Dragon Turtles could carry enough supplies and tow heavy spell electromagnetic cannons, while Jiang Han insisted on deploying at least a hundred.
• Jiang Han explained that two hundred transport creatures could carry a large payload while appearing small enough to be overlooked by the Anse Elves.
• Li Li worried that losing more than thirty percent of her family's recovering Dragon Turtles would cause serious harm.
• Jiang Han offered to sell Li Li one load-bearing Cat Spider for every Dragon Turtle lost beyond twenty, with interest-free credit payable within two years.
• Li Li accepted Jiang Han's offer and agreed to join the battlefield transport effort.