Chapter Summaries

Jiang Han brought the fallen angel Maronos and a convoy of spoils back to Moon Bay Camp despite several dangerous mishaps on the road. Miss Davlin told her the witches had decided to award medals to Jiang Han and Maronos, but would keep the honors quiet.

• Jiang Han deflected a Witch Disease Missile and used a Storage Giant Cat to intercept a stray artillery shell while returning with the convoy.
• Jiang Han's Storm Giant Cats held off a lost Anse servant army until the witches could defeat them, and Jiang Han identified the soldiers' medals as honors for distinguished military service.
• Jiang Han and her companions brought Maronos back to camp, where Silver Knights and Witch Agency agents were waiting to care for her.
• Miss Davlin explained that the Witch Agency and Silver Knights were jointly overseeing Maronos and that the Ultimate Witch and the First Witch had approved medals for Jiang Han and Maronos.

Miss Davlin presented the transport team with commendations and rewards, then offered Jiang Han an upgraded reward in place of standard-issue equipment. Jiang Han learned she could choose a single piece of gear with a complete spell inscription, but not an accessory, and the chapter ended with her realizing her contributions were still insufficient for a legendary ring.

• Miss Davlin awarded Jiang Han and the transport team a certificate, money, shares of materials from at least six Level Eight dragons, and a choice of advanced equipment.
• Davlin offered Jiang Han an upgraded reward because her legendary personal equipment made standard-issue gear unsuitable.
• Jiang Han learned she could exchange a complete equipment set for one piece bearing a complete spell inscription.
• Davlin explained that the available upgrades included garments and belts but not rings, earrings, or necklaces.
• Jiang Han recalled Eileen's legendary ring and concluded that her contributions were not yet enough to earn a finished legendary ring from Anjie and the others.

Jiang Han searched the Witch Agency’s equipment stores for new gear and became fixated on a cold-weather suit modeled after Anjie’s. She left with the suit after signing an IOU for three thousand merit points.

• Jiang Han admired the Witch Agency’s high-grade gloves, but Little Davlin stopped her from touching restricted equipment and explained that she could choose from the items on the right.
• Jiang Han learned that the forbidden gloves called [Marvelous] had strong defenses and ten daily sets of Angelite punching-and-kicking spells, but gave them up after Little Davlin warned her they belonged to Eileen’s treasury.
• Jiang Han rejected the available gloves and shoes, then opened a box and claimed a dark blue cold-weather suit resembling Anjie’s.
• Little Davlin demanded that Jiang Han sign an IOU for three thousand merit points, and Jiang Han agreed after Davlin threatened to stop her from leaving.

Jiang Han rested and recovered in her private Mist Immortal Nest, then had Cat Galis alter Anjie's unused legendary cold-weather suit so her tail could fit through it. While binding the suit to herself, Jiang Han discovered its extreme amplification enchantments and realized how they explained Angelite's immense power and vulnerability.

• Jiang Han gave Davlin a Cat Paw Document worth a hundred public merit points, and Davlin arranged for her to attend an audience with Anjie the next day.
• Jiang Han entered the Mist Immortal Nest and rested on her Nine-Tailed Cat Stone, restoring her strength and leyline energy.
• Jiang Han summoned Cat Galis and paid her to modify Anjie's cold-weather suit so Jiang Han could wear it with her tail exposed.
• Jiang Han bound the suit to herself and found that it had eight Super Potency Amplification Incantations that increased her power while also increasing the damage she took.
• Jiang Han recalled that Angelite wore similar amplification equipment, explaining both her overwhelming magical output and her fragility.

Jiang Han traveled from Moon Bay Camp to Angelite’s Shadow City, where she was due to receive an award for helping save a war hero. She met Davlin and boarded her cat-dragon carriage, beginning the journey to the ceremony.

• Jiang Han dressed up, set off for the bus station, and told Li Li she was going to Lady Anjie's camp to receive an award.
• Jiang Han rode the free shuttle through fifteen stops, checking news about Xuelun Curie, Kali, and Olivia along the way.
• Jiang Han arrived in Shadow City and admired its bridges, waterways, homes, and Cat Lamps.
• Jiang Han called Davlin, explored the city from the station platform, and waited by the river with coconut juice.
• Davlin arrived in a cat-dragon carriage, and Jiang Han removed her shoes and settled inside.

Jiang Han toured Shadow City with Davlin and learned how its fiefdoms and trade routes supported the city and the Cat World. They arrived at Angelite’s castle, where Jiang Han tried not to laugh at the statue of Angelite.

• Jiang Han rode through Shadow City in a Cat Dragon carriage, sampling snacks and observing its rules and bustling streets.
• Davlin explained that Shadow City had fifteen hundred subsidiary folded spaces and described her family’s fiefdoms and her own holdings.
• Jiang Han considered acquiring a fiefdom and discovered that Shadow City connected to the Cat World, the Cat Tail Route, and various planets.
• Jiang Han and Davlin arrived at Angelite’s castle, where Jiang Han saw Angelite’s statue and suppressed laughter at the thought of her secret poetry.

Jiang Han visited Angelite’s secluded tower and discovered a sprawling home built around giant cat nests, where Angelite was relaxing and playing a racing game. Angelite handed Jiang Han the controller to save her from losing an A-rank match.

• Jiang Han crossed the suspension bridge and entered Angelite’s tower, noticing her labeled shoe collection along the way.
• Jiang Han found Angelite’s private quarters filled with gardens, leisure areas, and thousands of giant cat nests.
• Jiang Han spotted Angelite racing on the sofa and rushed over to join her.
• Angelite tossed Jiang Han the controller and pleaded for help because she feared losing her A-rank match and having to use an account with a 2.5 score multiplier.

Jiang Han visited Angelite to collect a medal and ask her to transform a fallen angel, while Angelite complained about Kraken and dismissed the fallen angel as a troublesome wretch. The chapter ended with Angelite reluctantly fetching a box labeled as medals and other troubles dumped on her by the Witch Agency.

• Angelite celebrated Jiang Han’s help in preserving Marite Racing’s dignity and complained that Kraken had nerfed her favorite cars.
• Jiang Han defended Kraken and praised her recent paper on broom materials and construction.
• Angelite dismissed Kraken’s paper as worthless and boasted about her own influential broomcraft book.
• Jiang Han reminded Angelite that she had come to collect a medal and arrange a witch transformation for a fallen angel.
• Angelite called the fallen angel a pitiful wretch, then fetched a box labeled “[Medals / Troubles the Witch Agency Dumped on Me].”

Jiang Han visited Angelite, received a second medal, and ended up playing ranked matches to restore Angelite’s lost rank. After Jiang Han carried her account back to A-, Angelite tried to recruit her for an even bigger climb by offering access to a Cat Lamp driftway.

• Angelite gave Jiang Han a finely crafted medal and explained that paranormal incidents often threatened the world only because they could devour the Final Witch.
• Jiang Han watched Jie Bao lose a rank while testing Marit’s new car, then Angelite summoned a washing machine and ordered Jiang Han to win the points back.
• Jiang Han took over Angelite’s account and won five consecutive matches, eventually restoring her rank to A-.
• Angelite asked Jiang Han to help her reach S-rank, but Jiang Han refused and said she had to go home to care for cats.
• Angelite offered to lend Jiang Han an empty Cat Lamp driftway if she helped her reach A+.

Jiang Han learned how Cat Lamps used Driftways to travel between distant places, and Angelite agreed to let her use four gates while warning that they could not become hers. As Angelite gossiped about Olivia’s theft of a valuable core and Little Mei’s career, Jiang Han arranged to collect the gates and planned to take a ritual scroll for treating an angel the next day.

• Angelite explained that Cat Lamps and Witches traveled long distances through Driftways, and she agreed to let Jiang Han and her cats use the route when it was unoccupied.
• Angelite complained that Olivia had kept a valuable Astral Realm core and only returned it after Angelite paid half a crate of refined Cat Gems.
• Angelite said Melissa would help Jiang Han collect four Driftway gates, and Little Mei could transport them in her heavy truck.
• Angelite told Jiang Han that Little Mei had been rejected by her family for liking cranes before rising to become Angelite’s chief administrative officer.
• Jiang Han declined Angelite’s invitation to watch the International Team Competition and arranged to take the angel-conversion ritual scroll the next day.

Jiang Han brought Du Lingxuan to Angelite’s tower, where Du Lingxuan showed off her new guandao and collected her medal. The three discussed Angelite’s lobster supply, which depended on two Giant Cat Lamps who had yet to catch anything.

• Jiang Han left Angelite’s tower to meet Du Lingxuan, who had arrived wearing elaborate gear and carrying a guandao instead of her staff.
• Du Lingxuan told Jiang Han that she had traded her staff for the guandao because she thought it suited a mage.
• Du Lingxuan recognized Jiang Han’s cold-weather gear as Jie Bao’s spare equipment and shared gossip about Davlin being scolded over it.
• Angelite brought out Cat Cups and teased Jiang Han and Du Lingxuan for asking about their medals; Jiang Han swiped at Angelite and was kicked into a pile of Legendary Spells.
• Du Lingxuan asked to use Angelite’s soaking pool, and Angelite explained that two Giant Cat Lamps were fishing for the lobsters but had caught nothing.
• Jiang Han and Du Lingxuan predicted that the Giant Cat Lamps would soon oil themselves and enter the water to catch fish by hand.

Anjie, Du Lingxuan, and Jiang Han hosted a livestream from a hot spring while introducing an international team tournament and joking about their club’s past results. They left the pool, changed into warm clothes, and settled in to begin formal commentary.

• Anjie, Du Lingxuan, and Jiang Han introduced their commentary livestream while two programmed Giant Cat Lamps managed the cameras and feeds.
• Du Lingxuan explained that their club’s Little An Bao and Lin Zhaojun had reached the top sixteen, then teased Anjie and Jiang Han about their tournament finishes.
• Jiang Han read out the tournament rules, and Anjie explained how one competitor could win a round by defeating all three opponents.
• The three discussed who would make the strongest team leader and partner, with Jiang Han choosing Lin Zhaojun as her partner.
• Anjie, Du Lingxuan, and Jiang Han left the hot spring, changed into warm clothes, and sat down with food and merchandise to start commentary.

Jiang Han and her companions watched Alesha Wellington show off her unusual equipment on television and speculated about how South City Mandrake Club had funded it. The conversation shifted to Josephine and Gil’s investment and ended with the group joking around, while an author’s note described a cat’s interrupted writing session.

• Jiang Han and Anjie admired Alesha Wellington’s appearance and discussed the legendary equipment South City Mandrake Club had assembled for her.
• Du Lingxuan described Alesha’s robe-like hybrid armor, and Jiang Han noticed her Broken-Horn Crown and lack of a visible staff.
• Anjie revealed that Josephine and Gil had invested in South City Mandrake Club, then privately speculated about their relationship and retirement plans.
• Jiang Han, Du Lingxuan, and Anjie teased one another while separating their tangled hair and joking about Cat Bo’s poorly rated but bestselling novel, My Overbearing Mary Sue.
• The author’s note said a cat got angry while gaming, cut her hand smashing the keyboard, and returned to writing after putting on a Band-Aid.

Jiang Han and Du Lingxuan discussed Cat Bo’s novel and Anjie’s skincare routine before turning their attention to the unusual South City Mandrake Club lineup. They left off mocking Alesha’s schedule, in which she played every match in the team competition.

• Jiang Han reflected on how Cat Bo’s fictional witches resembled real witches in spirit and joked about the suggestive passages in her novel.
• Anjie explained that she used an ordinary skincare oil tailored to her skin, and Du Lingxuan decided to try it herself.
• Jiang Han and Anjie teased Du Lingxuan after she made a sensible remark, prompting her to declare she would no longer argue with them.
• Jiang Han and Du Lingxuan examined the match lineup and noted that Alesha was scheduled to play all five rounds while ten teammates each played once.
• Du Lingxuan sarcastically dubbed the lineup an Ironman pentathlon and urged people to cheer for Alesha.

Alesha Wellington overwhelmed Greedy Umbrella’s three top-tier witches in the first match, revealing how dramatically her strength had grown. Her performance left even the Final Witch astonished, and Jiang Han watched as Alesha’s rise continued.

• Greedy Umbrella fielded Nanazawa An, Wei Changqing, and Euclia against Alesha Wellington and two weak supporting witches from South City Mandrake.
• Du Lingxuan mocked the supporting witches’ poor statistics while they cast buffs to help Alesha.
• Alesha revealed a Philosopher’s Stone ornament as a black butterfly mask and summoned a forest of steel.
• Wei Changqing used Oloca's Distortion Barrier as Nanazawa An transformed and Euclia attempted to distract Alesha.
• Alesha rapidly summoned iron demons and golems, sacrificed their magical elements, and crushed all three opposing witches.

After South City Mandrake lost to Greedy Umbrella, Angelite said she wanted to train after the Anse battle and develop traits of Alesha Wellington’s heavy casting. Jiang Han grasped the beginnings of the casting trait, while Du Lingxuan envied her talent.

• Alesha Wellington’s powerful performance could not overcome Greedy Umbrella, and South City Mandrake lost.
• Angelite said she wanted to train after the Anse battle because she had glimpsed the source of Alesha’s strength and hoped to develop heavy casting.
• Jiang Han recognized that Alesha’s spells carried exceptional weight and grasped the beginnings of the heavy casting trait.
• Anjie advised Jiang Han to modify the immature trait to suit her own casting.
• Du Lingxuan complained about Jiang Han’s talent, then said she would rather her sisters benefit than herself.

Jiang Han, Du Lingxuan, and Angelite spent time together before Jiang Han and Du Lingxuan booked a room at a floating witch bar in Bridge Country. The chapter ended with them settling in to watch a cat documentary.

• Sleepless Giant Cat Witch Angelite and Du Lingxuan hung Jiang Han from a mushroom lamp, where she ate lobster and pudding before freeing herself with her tail.
• Du Lingxuan supported Jiang Han's chin with her chest, prompting Angelite to consider whether Cat Lamp Witches' flexibility could be cultivated or spread.
• Jiang Han and Du Lingxuan left Angelite's tower and booked a double room on the second floor of a floating barrel bar.
• Du Lingxuan admired the room's spacious interior, and Jiang Han suggested playing Cat Lamp sumo on the bed.
• Du Lingxuan sprawled beside the video player and proposed watching The Cat-Seeking Documentary together.

Jiang Han watched Cat-Seeking Record with Du Lingxuan and learned that Du had installed televisions in cat trees to encourage Giant Cat Lamps and cat lamps to spend. The two Giant Cat Lords began discussing how movies could stimulate trade between their worlds.

• Du Lingxuan persuaded Jiang Han to watch Cat-Seeking Record, and Jiang Han deliberately withheld questions to make Du reveal why she had chosen it.
• Du Lingxuan grew angry when Jiang Han ignored her, so Jiang Han stopped teasing her and suggested they exchange experiences as Giant Cat Lords.
• Du Lingxuan explained that she wanted to encourage Giant Cat Lamps and cat lamps to spend money.
• Du Lingxuan said that screening You Chase, I Flee had inspired giant cats to import red bean paste buns and conical cat-ear hats, showing that movies could encourage trade.

Jiang Han discussed how trade, prestige, and the cat olive tree could help develop her territory, then revealed that she was building the Cat Sea Grand Cathedral. She agreed to let Du Lingxuan use the wonder in exchange for a tax, giving Jiang Han a way to curb Du Lingxuan's territory's rapid growth.

• Du Lingxuan explained that she wanted to confirm Anjie used cat olive tree butter so she could trace its source, grow it, and add an industry to Cat Island.
• Jiang Han decided to plant cat olive trees in her territory and considered how prestige among Giant Cat Witches affected their influence.
• Jiang Han told Du Lingxuan she was planning a tree-planting garden, then changed the subject and revealed she was building a wonder.
• Jiang Han described the Grand Cathedral's benefits and planned to build the Cat Sea Grand Cathedral using rivers, flowing water, and seashore elements.
• Du Lingxuan asked to use the wonder, and Jiang Han agreed to charge her a wonder tax.

Jiang Han reflected on fair competition in Giant Cat Territory, then spent a day with Du Lingxuan before they parted ways. Back at Moon Bay Camp, she learned the witches had gone to Sourcefire City and asked Cat Doyastin to help her find an experienced sea-tide giant cat.

• Jiang Han accepted that the Sleeping Witch would allow healthy competition among the cats in Giant Cat Territory, despite the advantages her own project already enjoyed.
• Jiang Han and Du Lingxuan spent the day eating, watching dramas, and playing Witch Cards before saying goodbye at the Bridge Country bus station.
• Jiang Han returned to Moon Bay Camp and found that the witches and female sorcerers had left, while Giant Cats remained behind.
• Cat Doyastin told Jiang Han that the witches had gone to Sourcefire City, a prosperous mobile Sky Island city belonging to Denise.
• Jiang Han asked Cat Doyastin to help her find a battle-hardened giant cat connected to the sea tides.