Chapter Summaries

Jiang Han and Angelite attended the Cat Lamp Appreciation Festival, where they bought a rare Void Cat Lamp and settled by Glow Lake with the Sleeping Cat Lamps. A newspaper revealed that Eileen's proposed campaign against the Anse Elves had been approved, bringing war closer.

• Jiang Han and Angelite went to the festival with four Sleeping Cat Lamps stacked on Jiang Han's head, and Jiang Han gave Sha'er Lamp to Angelite to carry.
• Jiang Han bought a rare alien cat lamp, which Ovi identified as a Void Cat Lamp and named a Flying Saucer Cat Lamp.
• Jiang Han, Angelite, and the Sleeping Cat Lamps settled by Glow Lake, where Angelite sketched and the cats ate snacks.
• The Sleeping Cat Lamps demanded hotpot, so Jiang Han ordered an extra-large giant-cat-portion hotpot set.
• Jiang Han read that Eileen's proposed campaign against the Anse Elves had passed reviews and received approval from the Witch Agency and allied witch assemblies.

Jiang Han and Olivia watched a giant-cat-sized hotpot arrive, then joined the Sleeping Cat Lamps in eating as Jiang Han admired its alchemical heating technique. She met Yi Min, an alchemist of the Sophia school, and introduced herself as an alchemist with no name and no school.

• Jiang Han and Olivia teased each other while waiting for their extra-large giant cat hotpot.
• A civilian tank and miniature crane delivered a huge, mechanically anchored hotpot and poured in a container of sliced beef.
• Vera Lamp and Olivia hurried to the clay pot to eat, while Jiang Han watched the hotpot's cooking mechanism with fascination.
• The tank's driver brought Jiang Han osmanthus brew and introduced herself as Yi Min, an alchemist of the Sophia school.
• Jiang Han identified herself as an alchemist with no name and no school.

Jiang Han bought osmanthus brew from Yi Min and asked Anjie and Olivia for access to the Sofia School’s alchemy studies. Anjie agreed to help, while Jiang Han planned to learn without taking a mentor before heading to the battlefield.

• Jiang Han told Yi Min she had taught herself alchemy, then bought the freshly made osmanthus brew for 219 yuan.
• Olivia knocked Sha'er Lamp into the water with her tail, ruining Angelite’s painting before joining the picnic.
• Jiang Han asked Angelite and Olivia how she could obtain study materials from the Sofia School.
• Anjie explained that she could arrange for Jiang Han to meet Sophia Calicia, but warned that Sophia prioritized money above all else.
• Jiang Han clarified that she only wanted to study Sophia’s alchemy school without joining it, and asked Anjie for help.

Jiang Han advanced her alchemy studies and exchanged knowledge with Olivia, learning the Dark Lake Rune. Olivia brought Diena Lamp to teach Jiang Han how to use it, leaving Diena reluctantly assigned as Olivia’s substitute instructor.

• Angelite taught Jiang Han about enchanting, while Olivia, Vera, and Sha'er described deceptive practices in the premium Sleeping Cat Lamp trade.
• Angelite wandered the fields to work on her art, while Olivia took Jiang Han racing and exchanged knowledge with her.
• Jiang Han learned the Dark Lake Rune from Olivia in exchange for teaching her the Nightmare Extractor’s principles and core spell equations.
• Olivia arrived with the newly appeared Diena Lamp and ordered her to teach Jiang Han the Dark Lake Rune and Dark Lake Water Concealment.
• Diena reluctantly agreed to teach Jiang Han while Olivia prepared to leave the work to her.

Jiang Han struggled to communicate with Diena while learning about the Dark Lake Rune, until they found a way to exchange questions and explanations through a notebook. As Jiang Han grasped the rune’s powers, she realized how formidable the boss cats’ abilities—and her nightmare-refining machine—might be.

• Diena repeated her explanation of the Dark Lake Rune without responding to Jiang Han, leaving Jiang Han unable to follow her lesson.
• Jiang Han wrote her questions in a notebook, and Diena began answering them by writing and speaking softly.
• Jiang Han gradually learned that the Dark Lake Rune could raise a spell’s power ceiling and enable shadow-mana spells and storage.
• Jiang Han recognized that the boss cats’ three great runes formed a powerful trump card and reconsidered the value of her nightmare-refining machine.

Jiang Han explored how Dark Lake runes made shadow magic stable enough to store powerful spells, while Angelite returned from gathering references for artwork about cat lamps. Angelite remained unsure how to find a suitable cat lamp model, and Ovi struck her with a Cat Cup after Angelite dismissed her as a Cat Lamp Witch rather than a cat lamp.

• Jiang Han tested the stability of shadow magic and explained how she could store thousands of Olivia's Evil Cat Solarflare Blasts in shadows.
• Angelite returned home after a fruitless afternoon gathering references, and Jiang Han offered ways for her to relax.
• Angelite drank Jiang Han's sweet soup and said she was gathering material for artwork requested by Chaos Elemental Witches who had joined the witch family.
• Angelite explained that she had found a way to depict a witch's individuality but could not find a suitable cat lamp model among the Sleeping Cat Lamps.
• Ovi protested when Angelite said a Cat Lamp Witch would not count as a cat lamp, then hit Angelite on the head with her Cat Cup.

Angelite used the Cat Lamps’ anonymous opinion network while watching the news with Jiang Han, then learned that the Witch Agency and Great Witch Council had approved a war against the Anse Elves. The chapter ended with witches showing unanimous support for the campaign, which was set to begin the next day.

• Angelite asked Jiang Han to prepare a water-filled Burrow Bed, and Jiang Han had giant cats modify it before placing it above the hot spring waterfall.
• Angelite told Jiang Han that she needed the Cat Lamps’ intelligence network to monitor witches’ approval ratings, and she ordered Olivia to limit the cats’ surveillance to anonymous opinion surveys.
• Olivia reported that eighty-one percent of witches were watching the news as Angelite waited for the announcement.
• The news reported that the Witch Agency and Great Witch Council had approved a war against the Anse Elves, with Eileen scheduled to open portals in twenty-eight major cities the following day.
• Olivia reported that one hundred percent of witches supported or strongly supported the war, and the news announced that recruits had to have jobs and use paid leave.

Jiang Han and Li Li prepared to register for an invasion of Anse II Plane and arrived at the South City recruitment office, where a long queue awaited them. Li Li expected to wait through the night before they could head to the plane and choose a base.

• Jiang Han explored Stone Pool Lake Sky Island while waiting for Li Li, sampled its local tomatoes, and saw a witch get knocked into the water by a wild water buffalo.
• Jiang Han met the fully equipped Li Li, and they reviewed their supplies and plans to establish a camp on the island chain around Anse II Plane.
• Jiang Han and Li Li reached the recruitment office and found hundreds of people waiting in line.
• Li Li said they had arrived early enough to reach Anse II Plane around nine or ten that night, then offered Jiang Han a seat and a game of Fox Fox Soul.

Jiang Han adapted to Marite Racing’s new systems and questioned why the witches’ military forces seemed so loosely organized. Li Li explained that witches had always fought through a decentralized, lord-based system, helping Jiang Han recognize the primitive social structure behind their society.

• Jiang Han struggled to control her race car under Marite Racing’s new weather and collision systems, then decided to buy a professional steering wheel controller.
• A witch in a recruitment-office uniform startled Jiang Han before offering her and Li Li fried chicken meals.
• Jiang Han asked Li Li why Eileen did not assemble a professional army from the Silver Knights and the Witch Agency’s forces.
• Li Li explained that powerful witches traditionally gathered their own subordinates and servant armies alongside other witches and their forces.
• Jiang Han concluded that witches were essentially petty lords, with subordinate witches and servant armies filling the roles of retainers and soldiers.

Jiang Han and Li Li completed their enlistment for the Anse II campaign and received access cards after their documents and servant creatures passed inspection. They arrived at Eileen’s newly built White Snow Lake portal, where their convoys were still on the way.

• Jiang Han and Li Li submitted their contracts, identification, and servant army records for review at the recruitment office.
• Jiang Han described the Cat Spider subspecies, and the counter witch verified its certification and ecological report through the Witch intranet.
• Jiang Han and Li Li passed recruitment and received access cards for the Anse II Plane intranet and portal.
• Jiang Han and Li Li traveled to White Snow Lake Sky Island, where Eileen had funded a new portal after the South City Witch Association refused to build one at Snow Phoebe Lake.
• Jiang Han photographed giant cats being punished beneath a free-petting sign, then asked Li Li when their convoys would arrive.
• Li Li said her convoy would arrive in forty or fifty minutes and suggested buying watermelon juice, prompting Jiang Han to tell her to pay.

Jiang Han and Li Li prepared their armies for a campaign in the outer layer of the Anse II Plane, while Jiang Han’s Cat Spiders nearly started a fight with Li Li’s Dragon Turtles. They organized their troops and equipment before lining up for administrative processing and teleportation.

• Jiang Han learned that his Cat Spiders wanted to fight the Dragon Turtles because they disliked their confident gait, shell color, and slow pace.
• Jiang Han ordered a Lantern Ghost Giant Cat to calm the Cat Spiders and Dragon Turtles with extra food and a limited amount of ale.
• Jiang Han and Li Li discussed their fortress arrangements, including the Dragonkin Legion’s barracks beside the skeleton graves and the troops’ living areas.
• Li Li reported that her witches and Witch employees were experienced, while Jiang Han said he had bought six camp trailers and brought eight Giant Cat Lamps to coordinate the servant army.
• Li Li envied Jiang Han’s Giant Cat Lamps and recalled how one had helped chromatic dragons and Gem Dragons rest together.

Jiang Han and her forces traveled through a strange dimension during teleportation, where she endured the passage’s effects and encountered other powerful witches. The journey continued toward the Anse II Plane.

• Jiang Han's mobile fortress and army entered the teleportation station and began their journey.
• Jiang Han used magic to withstand the transition and observed the strange dimension, while her companions remained frozen.
• Jiang Han spotted other fortress vehicles and airships, including top-tier witches who stayed active through the passage.
• Two sorceress witches recognized Jiang Han and advised her to close her eyes and use magic to ease the strain.
• Jiang Han followed their advice and gained a clearer sense of magic before the spatial point set course for the Anse II Plane.

Jiang Han and the witches arrived at the Anse II Plane, where the witch forces surrounded the Anse Elves’ heavily fortified realm. The Anse Elves fired a superweapon at every teleportation point, but Eileen blocked the attack across the galaxy.

• Jiang Han arrived at the transfer station with Li Li and the Giant Cat Lamps, then drove the mobile fortress through the gate.
• A broom-riding witch introduced the Anse II Plane and explained how the Anse Elves had fortified its walls with servant-army cities.
• Jiang Han saw the witches’ vast encirclement and the probing bombardments exchanged between the witches and the Anse Elves.
• The Anse Elves fired a powerful weapon at every teleportation point, shaking Jiang Han’s celestial body.
• Eileen blocked the attack with her immense mana, shielding the teleportation points across the galaxy.

Jiang Han assessed Anse’s strength after Eileen escaped an ambush, then arrived with Lilith at the Moon Bay Floating Island camp. She arranged provisions and a communications group so the witches could follow news from Earth.

• Jiang Han observed that the Anse Elves had trapped Eileen in a pocket of space and attacked her with corrupted Hamster Ball pseudo-gods, but Eileen broke free and took some Hamster Balls with her.
• Jiang Han told Lilith about Eileen’s encounter and discussed how unusual it was for an outside race to dare scheme against a Great Witch.
• Lilith said she had brought her Sky Island to the war and recalled defeating the Oletel Clan for provoking Great Witches.
• Jiang Han’s mobile fortress reached Moon Bay Floating Island, where she inspected the camp’s crescent-shaped terrain and living conditions.
• Jiang Han told Song Ying to arrange extra provisions for the witches and servant army and to create a communications group for news from Earth.

Jiang Han and Li Li set up a mobile fortress camp by Crescent Bay and planned a quiet buffet so the exhausted witches could relax together. As the witches and cats finished preparing the camp, Cat Spiders bit tails and heads, causing comic mishaps that reassured Jiang Han they were sturdy enough to survive battlefield accidents.

• Jiang Han unfolded and anchored the mobile fortress, turning it into a small camp with housing and ranch equipment.
• Li Li suggested a bonfire party, but Jiang Han proposed a quiet buffet and a chance for the witches to relax and strengthen their bonds.
• Jiang Han and Li Li watched witches, sorceresses, and giant cats prepare a reservoir and hot-spring area by Crescent Bay.
• A Cat Spider bit a Cat Lamp's tail, and the giant cat dragged it into the water before it let go.
• A Cat Spider bit a draconic witch's tail, and she dove into the water with it until it released her.
• Jiang Han watched Cat Spiders bite more giant cats and concluded their toughness would reduce battlefield casualties and preserve her earnings.

Adele Stormsong and Gracie Tidesong worked to rally alien races into an alliance against the witches, while the Anse Elves prepared for the witch army's attack. Gracie met privately with a plump, furry creature, and their conversation began.

• Adele Stormsong sensed a witch's aura and met Gracie Tidesong as Gracie urged alien leaders to unite against the witches.
• Gracie told Adele that the Anse Elves had to build an alliance because their people were exhausted and many welcomed destruction by the witches.
• Adele reported that other races would attack witch vassal states but hesitated to fight the witches directly, while the Gray Devils offered a fleet of roughly six million soldiers.
• Gracie authorized Adele to show the visiting races the Anse armory to strengthen their confidence in the alliance.
• The Anse Archon opened a bottle of wine and invited a plump, furry creature inside to begin their meeting.

Jiang Han and Li Li discussed the coming attack on the Anse Elves and wondered how to overcome their sunlit battlefield. Olivia then crushed the elves’ satellite defenses, wrapped the sun in her nine tails, and disappeared with it.

• The Angler Giant Cat Lamp caught a red fish, and Jiang Han confirmed it was radioactive before suggesting they fry it.
• Li Li told Jiang Han that the landing had been moved to the Anse Elves’ daytime and questioned how their forces would handle the heat and sunlight.
• Jiang Han joked that they might steal the sun, while Li Li explained that the elves had built satellite cities to protect it.
• Olivia unleashed her power near the sun and destroyed the Anse Elves’ satellite city.
• Olivia appeared as a giant Sleeping Cat Lamp, coiled her nine tails around the sun, and vanished through a portal with it.
• Li Li and Jiang Han stared at the darkened sky in disbelief.

Lilith, Eleanor, Josephine, and Dinesha gathered in the Witch Galaxy’s tower to plan an invasion of the Anse II Plane after Olivia stole Anse’s sun and moon. The witches settled on a coordinated four-direction attack beginning in six hours.

• Lilith waited with Eleanor, who mocked how easily Olivia had taken Anse’s sun, and Lilith argued that the war was not carefree.
• Lilith entered the council chamber and found Josephine and Dinesha already there; Dinesha questioned why so many Great Witches were joining the campaign.
• Josephine said the force appeared excessive for defeating the Anse Elves, while Eleanor confirmed that a conspiracy was underway but would not affect their results.
• Eleanor outlined a plan for the four witches to attack from four directions, land in six hours, capture the first ring of city walls, and establish a camp.
• Lilith admitted that she had been distracted, then listened to Eleanor’s plan and committed it to memory.

Jiang Han gathered the witches to plan how to transport their servant armies as they prepared to attack Anse after Olivia stole its sun. By the end of the meeting, the convoy was organized and ready to depart.

• Jiang Han told Li Li that Olivia had stolen Anse's sun and that the command headquarters would likely soon order an assault.
• Jiang Han convened the witches and explained that they needed to minimize losses among their servant armies during transport.
• Jiang Han asked Cat Delade how to keep the violent Cat Spiders under control, and Cat Delade proposed giving them fake giant cat tails to play with.
• Jiang Han demanded a fully reliable plan and organized the witches' suggestions, sending the Giant Cat Lamps and Li Li to test ideas.
• Jiang Han's meeting turned the convoy from a disorganized gathering into a prepared team ready to depart.

Jiang Han watched the witches’ army begin its assault on the Anse II Plane through a Cat Lamp wonder. Lilith destroyed one side of the Anse Elves’ Ringworld city wall with her dragon breath.

• Jiang Han surveyed the battlefield and prepared her transport team, which used red camouflage cloth to avoid Anse Elf artillery.
• Cat Inis gave Jiang Han the Eye of the Giant Cat, letting her view the battlefield through a Cat Lamp’s perspective.
• Jiang Han activated the wonder and observed the witches’ army spread across the sky in a teleportation formation.
• Lilith transformed into a dragon and unleashed her Great Witch magic, demolishing one side of the Anse Elves’ Ringworld city wall.