Chapter Summaries

Jiang Han traveled with Ma Yeling, the Inferno Fortress Witch, who wanted a servant army that could communicate with the Cat Lamps occupying her personal demiplane. After learning about the Cat Dollfolk and the Clockwork Cats, Ma Yeling decided to bring a shipping container full of them back.

• Jiang Han delayed departure until more Cat Spiders and Dragon Turtles were ready, then asked Ma Yeling about her commission.
• During the convoy ride, Ma Yeling explained that Cat Lamps had occupied her personal demiplane and that she needed servants who could communicate with them.
• Ma Yeling described the Cat Dollfolk, whose Cat Guy Accent let them communicate and live in symbiosis with Cat Lamps.
• Ma Yeling explained that Clockwork Cats shared a language with Cat Lamps and had wandered into the Cat Netherworld.
• Ma Yeling told the witches and Giant Cats to avoid harming either race and announced that she wanted to bring back a shipping container full of them.

Jiang Han and her team waited in a concealed minor plane for Angelite’s appearance to signal an invasion, then prepared a jump ritual to reach their target. After completing the ritual, Jiang Han ordered the witches to pack the golden wine and get ready to leave.

• Jiang Han sensed Angelite unleash overwhelming magic on the frontal battlefield, which signaled that the hidden witches could advance.
• Jiang Han ordered the witches to enter the minor plane and prepared them for a jump ritual.
• Jiang Han performed the Dragon Maiden’s Wine Ritual with the Mist Immortal Giant Cat witches, creating golden springwater for the jump.
• Jiang Han told Li Li to divide the golden wine into bottles and prepare to leave in fifteen minutes.
• Jiang Han declined to prepare new magical implements and went to take a shower.

Jiang Han and her group used Dragon Maiden's Golden Wine to cross through space and arrived in a snowy mountain cave. After recovering from traversal sickness, Jiang Han exposed Cat Delias for pretending to be unwell to get treats.

• Jiang Han and the others drank Dragon Maiden's Golden Wine and completed the ritual for a group crossing.
• The group arrived in a snowy cave, where Ma Yeling cast a spell to block the blizzard.
• Song Ying reminded the Witches to lie flat and recalibrate after the crossing, and the group recovered from their symptoms.
• Jiang Han examined Cat Delias and told Ma Yeling the Giant Cat Lamp was faking her distress to get more food.
• Ma Yeling playfully hit Cat Delias after Jiang Han explained that Giant Cat Lamps often pretended to be unwell for treats.

After feasting to restore their strength, Jiang Han and the others performed a costly ritual to isolate the tiny plane from the Main World. The Rune of Shattered Hope succeeded, shifting the plane to the sixth layer and leaving everyone inside cut off from the outside.

• The witches and giant cats ate a lavish meal, while the magical girls observed strict dining etiquette.
• Jiang Han exchanged points for ritual spells and prepared to use the Rune of Shattered Hope to turn the plane into a closed-loop world.
• Miss Ma Yeling laid out an expensive ritual array with dragon-tear silver and crushed Cat Gems, then gave Jiang Han a dimensional-gem wind chime to serve as the sacrificial implement.
• Jiang Han poured tens of thousands of magic power into the array, invoked the rune, and successfully moved the tiny plane from the second layer to the sixth layer.

Jiang Han led the Witches in sweeping Anse’s isolated plane for valuables and encountered Clockwork Cats near a hot spring. After learning they were mistreated by elves, she had the Giant Cat Lamps take the Clockwork Cats, their enchanted fruit, and a fruit tree.

• Jiang Han ordered the Witches to explore the plane in teams and assigned guards to protect Miss Ma Yeling, the Cat Spiders, and the Dragon Turtle.
• Jiang Han and Li Li traveled through the blizzard to a hot spring pond with two Giant Cat Lamps carrying cargo racks.
• They found Clockwork Cats making enchanted fruit from red fruit growing beside the pond.
• Jiang Han intimidated the Clockwork Cats with an Oni Dragon Giant Cat Lamp, then learned they had lived there for over ten years and resented elves who denied them honey wine.
• The Giant Cat Lamps loaded the Clockwork Cats and their enchanted fruit into their cargo racks, uprooted a fruit tree, and continued the sweep.

Jiang Han and Li Li explored an undefended Anse Elf settlement, gathering plants and using the Disguise Orb to identify their properties. Jiang Han explained the Anse Elves’ unusual physiology, and the exploration continued as the Giant Cat Lamp collected fruit and bark.

• Jiang Han directed the Giant Cat Lamp to uproot evil-repelling flowers, while she and the witches gathered resources from the settlement.
• Li Li used the Disguise Orb to identify Guya Root and learned that it could disrupt the Anse Elves’ vitality circulation.
• Jiang Han explained that Anse Elves had three hearts, dense muscles, and blood vessels connecting their hearts.
• Li Li asked about Anse Elves’ spines, and Jiang Han explained that their hearts produced magical essence in place of the witches’ spines.

Jiang Han and Lilian looted the Anse Elves’ territory, collecting magical plants and capturing Clockwork Cats. They encountered a group of Cat Dollfolk, and Jiang Han prepared to question them with a rainbow-colored sack.

• Jiang Han and Lilian roasted sausages with wheat bread powder while their Giant Cat Lamps helped gather leyline-grown wheat.
• Jiang Han and Lilian divided up golden fruits that could increase magic power, with Jiang Han storing her share to trade for Witch Gold.
• Jiang Han found a village of Clockwork Cats and ordered the Oni Dragon Giant Cat Lamp to capture them all.
• A Cat Dollfolk girl named Fayaya scolded Jiang Han for bullying cats, then realized Jiang Han was a Witch.
• Jiang Han surrounded the Cat Dollfolk with her Giant Cat Lamps and asked what color sack they liked.

Jiang Han captured a group of Cat Dollfolk and questioned their leader, Fayaya, about how they lived alongside wild cats. She learned the Anse Elves had mistreated the Cat Dollfolk, but the group could make sweet crystals to trade with cats.

• Jiang Han and Li Li watched giant cats capture the Cat Dollfolk, and Jiang Han warned the cats to keep them alive.
• Jiang Han released Fayaya from a sack and threatened her companions to make her cooperate.
• Jiang Han used magic to identify the Cat Dollfolk and discovered that the Anse Elves had stunted their growth and forced them to live by night.
• Jiang Han ordered the giant cats to release Fayaya's companions and keep them under watch as they guided the cats to valuable resources.
• Fayaya explained that the Cat Dollfolk made sweet crystals from plants for cats in exchange for goods.

Jiang Han learned about the Cat Dollfolk’s dependence on the Anse Elves and their Clockwork Cat Knights while gathering Clockwork Cats. By paying Fayaya and explaining witch currency and employment, Jiang Han won her trust and left her eager to join the witch system.

• Jiang Han learned that the Anse Elves had sheltered the Cat Dollfolk and helped their population grow, though the race remained economically dependent on them.
• Fayaya explained that Clockwork Cat Knights gained rune-like powers by strengthening their Clockwork Cats, which had the courage to fight much larger creatures.
• Jiang Han questioned Fayaya about Clockwork Cats and learned that they had high morale but were lazy on two days each week unless contracted as partners.
• While collecting Clockwork Cats, Jiang Han paid Fayaya Witch Gold and explained how witches used currency, earning her growing trust.
• Fayaya became eager to join the witch system and asked about buying clothes and employing Cat Lamps; Jiang Han told her Cat Lamps could generally be hired for food and drink.

Jiang Han rescued Elifia from the snow and learned that Yu Yuxin, Song Ying’s group, and a colleague were fighting a mutated monster caused by a Witch’s Disease leak. She set out with Elifia and the giant cats to investigate.

• Jiang Han questioned Fayaya about the Cat Dollfolk’s unusually large food and water needs while the Giant Cat Lamp cleared a path through the snow.
• Elifia fell out of the snow after using a Hat Escape Spell, and Jiang Han pulled her free and warmed and cleaned her with magic.
• Elifia explained that she had used the spell after forgetting what she was doing while reading a comic, then told Jiang Han that Yu Yuxin and Song Ying’s group were fighting a mutated monster.
• Jiang Han asked Elifia to lead her to the monster, and the two giant cats eagerly prepared to go with them.

Elifia brought Jiang Han and the others to a battlefield where witches were holding back five minotaur girls created by inferior witchification. After the minotaurs battered a giant cat, Jiang Han entered the fight and demonstrated that she could overpower them.

• Elifia transformed trees into a pumpkin-drawn car and flew with Jiang Han, Li Li, the Cat Dollfolk, and two giant cats toward the battlefield.
• Elifia explained that Bonnie and Ma Yeling had held off a dangerous monster, and the group arrived to find witches containing five minotaur girls behind a repulsion barrier.
• The minotaurs struck the Flame Dragon Giant Cat Lamp with an axe and pummeled it, while the other giant cat pretended to be injured.
• Jiang Han asked the witches to open the barrier, taunted the minotaurs in Anse Elves, and drew their attack away from Ma Yeling and Bonnie.
• A minotaur's axe broke a rib in Jiang Han's left waist, but Jiang Han grabbed two minotaurs by their horns, smashed their heads together, and tossed them aside.

Jiang Han subdued the minotaur girls and decided to test their resistance to Witch Disease by exposing the strongest survivor to highly concentrated Witch Blood. She left the minotaur to endure the transformation, hoping she would survive and reveal more about her species.

• Jiang Han defeated the minotaur girls, and the witches entered to find that five of the six had undergone inferior witchification.
• Jiang Han ordered Li Li to heal the minotaurs and agreed with Elifia that their apparent resistance could be valuable to the Witch Agency.
• Jiang Han rejected the strongest minotaur girl's request and dripped Witch Blood containing a virus concentration three thousand times stronger into her eyes.
• Elifia warned that the minotaur might not survive the exposure, but Jiang Han said there were four more chances.
• Jiang Han told the suffering minotaur that she could become a true witch or die, and said they could talk if she endured.

Jiang Han explained the value of the City of An’s coordinates to Fayaya and Dolly Lily, then reported the discovery to the Witch Agency. The Agency approved a reward of about three million Witch Gold, which Jiang Han calculated would cover the Cat Dollfolk’s basic needs.

• Jiang Han told Fayaya and Dolly Lily that the City of An’s information could earn roughly three million Witch Gold after taxes.
• Dolly Lily fainted after Jiang Han converted the reward into Anse gold pounds and white coins.
• Jiang Han reported the City of An to the Witch Agency, whose administrators issued approval documents despite the distance.
• Jiang Han estimated that the reward would give each of the 5,600 Cat Dollfolk about five hundred Witch Gold, enough for basic housing and supplies.

Jiang Han’s extremely concentrated witch blood transformed the minotaur test subject into Luowa, who attacked her in a rage. Jiang Han subdued Luowa with magic, punished her, and then ordered some golden wine shared with her before the group prepared to return.

• Li Li assumed the minotaur girl had died during witchification, but the girl transformed into a minotaur witch and destroyed the Oni Dragon Giant Cat Lamp.
• Jiang Han introduced herself to the newly transformed witch, who called herself Luowa and attacked her with powerful physical blows.
• Jiang Han used Temporary Banishment to survive Luowa’s attacks, then restrained her and explained that she needed to learn magic.
• Jiang Han burned Luowa with Flame Shroud, gave her fire resistance, and told Li Li to share some spare golden wine with her before they headed back.

Angelite arrived in the wilderness after being delayed by the Anse Elves, then questioned the minotaur Witch Luowa about her people’s resistance to witch sickness and magic. Luowa agreed to share information about her tribe’s plane in exchange for support for her five sisters, and Jiang Han promised to arrange a price.

• Jiang Han asked whether the Anse Elves had fallen, and Angelite explained that her incarnation, the Lord of Azure Thunder, had kept her occupied.
• Angelite asked Jiang Han for an introduction to an incomparable Giant Cat so she could obtain a Cat Lamp like Ovi Cat’s.
• The witches unpacked their Cat Dollfolk and Clockwork Cats while the Cat Spiders began their return journey, and Ma Yeling hired Cat Dollfolk and Clockwork Cats.
• Angelite questioned Luowa about how minotaurs resisted witch sickness and magic power through their innate physique and training.
• Luowa asked what would happen to her former companions, and Angelite said they would undergo inferior witch transformation and receive care.
• Luowa offered to share information about the plane where her tribe’s other minotaurs lived, provided her five sisters’ future needs were paid for, and Jiang Han agreed to arrange compensation.

Angelite commended Jiang Han and her companions, explaining that the main reward recognized their discovery of the Giant-Horn Witches’ resistance to witch disease. The group received a cash award and spells, while Jiang Han gained priority hiring rights for the Cat Dollfolk, pending an agreement with them.

• Angelite rode in a cargo container carried by a Cat Spider and inferred that the creature had been modified through genetic splicing and hormonal stimulation.
• Ma Yeling joined Angelite outside the container, performed a curtsy, and kissed her hand before Jiang Han sent the witches away to let Angelite rest.
• Jiang Han pinched Angelite’s cheeks for luck, and Angelite tugged her cat ears in retaliation.
• Angelite explained that the Witch Agency’s commendation primarily honored the discovery that Giant-Horn Witches could resist witch disease and replenish the witch population.
• Angelite awarded Jiang Han and her companions fifty thousand in cash and two fourth-level and three third-level spells each.
• Angelite told Jiang Han that she had priority hiring rights for the Cat Dollfolk, but would need to negotiate with them first.

Angelite assigned Jiang Han a secret transport mission after explaining how Eleanor had asked her to give a Servitor a dangerous assignment in exchange for a Witch transformation. The Servitor had survived planting an Arcane Nuclear Bomb behind enemy lines, so Angelite needed to arrange its return despite hoping Jiang Han's convoy would quit the job.

• Angelite told Jiang Han to give her transport convoy two days off and made her swear a secrecy oath before revealing a secret mission.
• Two days earlier, Eleanor admitted she had promised the same Witch slot to two different people and asked Angelite to help resolve the problem.
• Eleanor asked Angelite to give her Servitor a dangerous mission, promise it a Witch transformation, and offer it a bonus and honors.
• Angelite sent the Servitor behind enemy lines to plant an Arcane Nuclear Bomb, but it succeeded and survived.
• Angelite decided to use a Giant Cat Lamp Witch's transport team to bring the Servitor back, expecting the team to quit and accepting a fine of 1,000.

Angelite asked Jiang Han to rescue Maronos from an exploded radiation zone inside Anse’s second-level city wall, and Jiang Han enthusiastically accepted. After Angelite left to relieve Lord of Azure Thunder on the main battlefield, Jiang Han decided to call for reinforcements.

• Angelite gave Jiang Han a secret mission to find and rescue the fallen angel servant-army member Maronos from an exploded radiation zone in Anse.
• Angelite hinted that Jiang Han should bring more Cat Lamps, while imagining how their convoy might delay the rescue and excuse Maronos’s death.
• Jiang Han misread Angelite’s motives but confidently agreed to complete the mission with extra cats.
• Angelite left to replace Lord of Azure Thunder, who was being kited by Anse’s twin Ranger princesses.
• Jiang Han called for reinforcements to help with Angelite’s mission.

Maronos, a fallen angel working for the witches, survived the radioactive wasteland after destroying Anse No. 6 Arsenal with an arcane nuclear bomb. Worried that the witches might not reach her, she prepared to create another opportunity for them.

• Anse servant troops searched the ruined arsenal for the saboteur while radiation mutated their bodies.
• Maronos hid nearby, relying on witch-made sunscreen as radiation crystallized her feathers.
• She recalled how she had smuggled an arcane nuclear bomb through the second city wall and destroyed Anse No. 6 Arsenal.
• Maronos worried that the witches would be stopped on the nearby battlefield and searched for her map and a stolen Anse Magic Essence Nuclear Bomb.
• Maronos decided she had to create an opportunity for the witches herself.

At Moon Bay Camp, Jiang Han rested with the witches after dividing their spoils and considered Angelite's mission to rescue someone while sending more giant cats. As the group discussed their plans and the witches’ ambitions, Cat Yeta messaged Jiang Han.

• Jiang Han weighed the dangers of Angelite’s rescue request and wondered why Angelite had also demanded more giant cats.
• The Fox Witch told Jiang Han that the arrangements were complete, the Mail Witch would visit before their departure, and the Cat Dollfolk wanted to use the camp while they were away.
• Jiang Han offered the Cat Dollfolk free use of the camp, prompting Bonnie and the other witches to tease her about having a hidden motive.
• Li Li reported that most witches were content with their earnings, while a few hoped to gather enough resources to become witches.
• Jiang Han’s phone vibrated with a message from Cat Yeta.