Chapter Summaries

Jiang Han offered Sophia signed Lin Zhaojun memorabilia while Sophia prepared medicinal soup, but an explosion drew Jiang Han to the training ground, where Olivia unleashed her nine-tailed power and rewound time. The demiplane was restored, Eve appeared battered, and Jiang Han remembered the castellan's plan to fight the powerful cat.

• Sophia brewed a potent medicinal soup base while Jiang Han offered her signed Lin Zhaojun uniforms and other memorabilia.
• A huge explosion shook the demiplane, and Jiang Han flew to the training ground to investigate.
• Jiang Han found Olivia in her nine-tailed form at the center of an Astral Realm that had torn open the demiplane.
• Olivia's magic drained the world of color as a gigantic black cat manipulated an hourglass and rewound time.
• The demiplane returned to normal, and Jiang Han saw Eve battered into a ghost slime beside Harkins.
• Jiang Han remembered the castellan saying she needed to beat up the big boss cat before losing her chance.

Olivia in Nine-Tailed Cat Form overwhelmed Eve Harkins, and Kraken restored Eve after the battle. Angelite explained Olivia’s strength and advised her to use the form freely in the ITWF competition, leaving Olivia to consider the advice.

• Olivia blasted apart Angelite’s fire pillar and defeated Eve Harkins, leaving her in ghost gel.
• Kraken revived Eve and restored her body and clothes, while Angelite explained that Olivia’s time magic had aged Eve irreversibly.
• Dinesha and Priscilla described a longevity ritual to Jiang Han, who memorized its steps.
• Angelite explained that Olivia matured more slowly than human witches, while Dinesha and Kraken teased her about being childish and clingy.
• Olivia revealed that Nine-Tailed Cat Form had no cost beyond making other Longsleep Meows sleep longer.
• Angelite told Olivia to use the form in every ITWF match until the rules banned it.

Jiang Han asked Angelite how to improve her Willpower Immunity, and Angelite explained that witches could gain paladin abilities through a succubus-derived method. She ended by revealing the witch text True Meaning of Delight and its link between Western paladins and Eastern immortals.

• Jiang Han and Angelite discussed Olivia's formidable Nine-Tailed form, and Angelite insisted she was still stronger than Olivia.
• Jiang Han asked Angelite for ways to increase Willpower Immunity, prompting Angelite to tell stories about the European Continent.
• Angelite explained that witches could become paladins despite their shifting convictions, gaining the class's ability to increase Willpower Immunity.
• Angelite said a succubus Witch used her Charisma to enter the paladin class and recorded the method in True Meaning of Delight.
• Angelite called Western Paladin Witches and Eastern immortal Witches alike, naming them “Eastern Immortals, Western Paladins.”

Jiang Han asked Angelite how to improve her Willpower Immunity without taking a paladin class, while offering to help smooth over tensions between Alesha and Little Li. Angelite suggested buying a Holy Grail Trial service, leaving Jiang Han considering the witches’ trials as another option.

• Jiang Han and Angelite joked about whether witches could become paladins, and Angelite defended witch paladins as passionate and gallant.
• Angelite advised Jiang Han that a high-Willpower-Immunity class, such as paladin, was the best way to address her weakness.
• Jiang Han offered to persuade Little Li to make peace with Alesha in exchange for Angelite’s help, and Angelite asked whether Jiang Han could guarantee it.
• Jiang Han promised to arrange a private apology from Little Li, with Lin Zhaojun helping give her a way to back down.
• Angelite suggested Jiang Han take part in a Holy Grail Trial, a purchasable service that could improve Willpower Immunity, and offered to connect her with its provider.

Jiang Han saw Angelite and the Ghost Witches off from Giant Cat Territory's train station, then brought Priscilla and Sophia to her Mist Immortal Nest. She showed them the private residence and guest accommodations she had prepared for the Ghost Witches.

• Jiang Han hugged Angelite goodbye as Angelite boarded the train to Crystal Lake Sky Island.
• Eve Harkins reminded Jiang Han to watch for health problems during her training, then boarded the Ghost Witches' train with Sophia and Priscilla.
• A cat witch asked Eve Harkins whether her zombie witch friend could join the Ghost Witches.
• Dinesha boarded the train after spending the day playing "Alice Shoots" with Elephant Clam Han.
• Jiang Han returned to the Mist Immortal Nest with Priscilla and Sophia and showed them the tunnel connecting it to her Snow Phoebe Lake room.
• Sophia praised the spacious library and accommodations Jiang Han had prepared for the Ghost Witches.

Jiang Han showed Priscilla and Sophia the modern facilities in her cat nest and discussed how Giant Cat Living Technology could improve Ghost Castle. As Sophia prepared food and Priscilla logged into a game, Jiang Han asked about Avalon and learned that the Ghost Witches regarded it as a land of degeneracy and sin.

• Jiang Han introduced the cat service bell, game platform, and home theater to Priscilla and Sophia.
• Priscilla and Sophia asked Jiang Han to help encourage Ghost Castle to adopt better living facilities.
• Jiang Han explained that Olivia had founded Giant Cat Living Technology and that its products would soon reach Ghost Castle.
• Sophia unpacked her miniature cooking supplies to prepare cod for Jiang Han, while Priscilla made coffee and started a game.
• Jiang Han asked whether the Ghost Witches had heard of Avalon, and Sophia called it a land of degeneracy and sin.

Jiang Han asked Sophia and Priscilla about Avalon and learned that the fairy tale Fairy Fragrance, Lost Trail concealed an allegory about a landgirl being drawn into a life of exploitation in witch territory. She decided to ask Boss Cat to accompany her there.

• Jiang Han said Angelite had told her she could go to Avalon to buy a Grail Trial.
• Sophia and Priscilla described Avalon as a strange, dreamlike place and recalled the fairy tale Fairy Fragrance, Lost Trail.
• Priscilla and Sophia explained how the story's food, gifts, forest, and journey symbolized the landgirl's exploitation and arrival in Avalon.
• Jiang Han recoiled at the dark meaning behind a tale told to children, and Priscilla teased her about needing a bodyguard.
• Jiang Han said she would ask Boss Cat to take her to Avalon.

Jiang Han learned about Tang Alice and her Touring Castle while shopping with Sophia and Chen Ligu on Rain Dew Sky Island. Chen Ligu revealed that the vast mobile territory, carrying hundreds of thousands of Witches and their attendants, would stop in South City for half a month to a month.

• Jiang Han reflected on her week of harsh training and cultivation, while enjoying Sophia's medicinal cuisine and Priscilla's cultural lessons.
• Chen Ligu explained that Tang Alice was a powerful Witch House shareholder, investor, and collector who owned the Touring Castle.
• Chen Ligu revealed that Tang Alice had collected sixty-one castles and floating islands, turned them into witches, and adopted them as daughters.
• Sophia described the Touring Castle's enormous mobile Sky Island territories and their population of more than three hundred thousand Witches, prompting Jiang Han to ask whether South City would let it in.
• Chen Ligu confirmed that the Touring Castle would stop in South City for roughly half a month to a month before continuing deeper into the country.

Jiang Han watched Tang. Alice. Andrea’s enormous roving castle arrive at South City and admired the new market district being built for its visitors. She then returned to the crowded cat market, where Priscilla asked her to resolve a cat merchant’s complaint about a silent shop girl.

• Jiang Han and Chen Ligu watched Alice’s castle approach South City’s chain of Sky Islands.
• Jiang Han examined the castle’s grand gate and Angelite statue, then guessed that Alice had rearranged its design to accommodate the statue.
• Jiang Han left before the castle reached the city and returned to the market crowded with cat witches, Giant Cat Lamps, and ordinary cats.
• Priscilla, disguised as a cat witch, told Jiang Han she could not speak Cat language and asked for help.
• A cat merchant complained to Jiang Han that Priscilla’s shop girl had ignored her request to buy Ghost Crystals.

Jiang Han met cat merchant Lucia Skywalker and learned about the neighboring Mermaid Merchant Caravan, Golden Opera House. After discovering that Shirley Bosival was acquainted with her, Jiang Han decided to seek a materials exchange and agency contract with the caravan’s current leader, Lady Samantha.

• Jiang Han shared lemon tobacco with Lucia Skywalker and introduced herself as being from the Five Great Lakes.
• Lucia told Jiang Han that she belonged to the Mermaid Merchant Caravan, Golden Opera House, led this week by Faye Samantha Bosival.
• Lucia explained that Shirley Bosival was another caravan mistress and had helped cat merchants like her receive an education.
• Jiang Han recognized the Bosival name through her acquaintance Shirley and learned that Shirley was asleep while Samantha managed the caravan.
• Jiang Han asked Lucia where the trading company was so she could discuss a materials exchange and agency contract with Lady Samantha.

Jiang Han gave Lucia a powerful cat lightsaber after persuading her to accept it as a matter of fate, and Lucia promised her a favor. Lucia then brought Jiang Han to meet Lady Samantha, a mermaid witch whose mobile lair was a floating island carried by a Griffin Carriage.

• Jiang Han insisted that Lucia accept the lightsaber, joking that a Skywalker could not go without one.
• Lucia accepted the lightsaber and promised Jiang Han a favor in return.
• Jiang Han followed Lucia through the market, noticing its merchants, visitors, and the cold conditions in the mermaid witches' territory.
• Lucia led Jiang Han into an alley and introduced her to Lady Samantha at the mermaid witch's Griffin Carriage lair.
• Lady Samantha emerged from the lair wearing a mask that let her speak clearly underwater and complained that she needed a Heart of the Ocean to avoid choking.

Jiang Han met with Ms. Samantha to negotiate trading Giant Cat Territory’s goods for supplies and a Griffin Carriage. They neared an agreement but were still discussing the carriage’s price and specifications.

• Jiang Han greeted Ms. Samantha, who explained that she had ended her Long Sleep early after dreaming she needed a restroom.
• Jiang Han joined Samantha aboard the Griffin Carriage and discussed trading goods from Giant Cat Territory for gems, Witch Gold, servants, and a carriage.
• Samantha asked about Golden Tree Ghee, Cat Gems, and Cat Gold Pawprints, while Jiang Han offered a [Flag of Glory] in negotiations.
• Jiang Han hinted that the cat witch Carla, who had reserved one of the company’s three Griffin Carriages, could afford it.
• Samantha warned that a carriage large enough for a dragon would need reinforcement to keep pace with a Formula Broom.

Jiang Han traded Nightmare Cat Lamps’ goods to Lady Samantha for a large collection of necromancy notes from Gavaro. The deal left Jiang Han with new research material and Samantha with the Cat Lamps’ consumables.

• Jiang Han offered Samantha a hundred air-purifying Cat Lamp statues, which Samantha praised and agreed she could sell.
• Jiang Han showed Samantha three versions of the [Cat Teamwork] statues, which could grant group buffs, and Samantha asked to buy them all.
• Jiang Han explained she had only fifty of each version and needed the money to fund a cat nursery for loyal Nightmare Cat Lamps.
• Samantha offered Gavaro necromancy notes in exchange for the consumables, and Jiang Han and Samantha reached a trade agreement.
• Jiang Han received the Gavaro Necromancer Notes, while Samantha received the Nightmare Cats’ consumables.

Jiang Han studied the notebooks of Gavaro’s necromancers and learned how their supposedly happy nation had fed on negative emotions through cruelty. Her research sparked a new idea about energy collection and slightly strengthened her ability to perceive dreams.

• Jiang Han delegated Giant Cat affairs to Mouse Han and Chen Ligu, with Cat Carlo and Cat Bo assisting them.
• Jiang Han used Eileen’s materials to learn Gavaro’s language and began reading the necromancers’ notebooks.
• Jiang Han learned that Gavaro’s necromancers used the Negative Panic Spell to drain negative emotions, then created suffering to feed on them.
• Jiang Han discovered that Gavaro had been destroyed and later became a dangerous destination for Witches seeking knowledge.
• Jiang Han investigated energy collection and Cat Lamp abilities, gained a thread of destiny, and found that her dream perception had strengthened slightly.

Jiang Han discussed Gavaro’s necromancers with the Giant Cat Lamps and learned why their society was unlikely to advance. Cat Bo saw promise in their energy system, and Jiang Han and the Cats considered using it to build mobile castles among the stars.

• Jiang Han left her cat nest hungry and talked with Carlo and the Big Orange Giant Cat about the value of enjoying life.
• Jiang Han asked the Giant Cats whether Gavaro’s necromancers could become a powerful civilization.
• Cat Nesting argued that Gavaro’s necromancers would stagnate because consuming negative energy left them with too little to study and develop their necromancy.
• Jiang Han recognized that Gavaro’s lack of practical experience and negative energy could leave it vulnerable to outsiders.
• Cat Bo proposed testing whether nightmare energy could be converted into electricity to power the Cats of Long-Haired Cat Clawmark Island.
• Jiang Han agreed that the Cats should use the necromancers’ knowledge to create mobile castles among the stars.

Jiang Han arranged for giant cats to build parts for her experimental energy-conversion system and called Eileen to ask about her void-energy expertise. She agreed to join Eileen and others for the Sapphire Cup final the next day and planned to invite Xuan Bao.

• Jiang Han gave the giant cats her coil-design blueprints and sent them to the Giant Cat Furnace Factory to have Echo Giant Cat make the components.
• Jiang Han called Eileen and explained that she wanted to learn from her expertise in harnessing void energy.
• Eileen invited Jiang Han to watch the Sapphire Cup final between Alesha and Angelite, and Jiang Han agreed to bring Orange Giant Cat Lamp.
• Jiang Han suggested inviting Xuan Bao so they could hear her thoughts on the Angelite sisters, and Eileen agreed.
• Jiang Han arranged to meet Eileen at her Dragon Nest through the Long-Haired Cat Clawmark Island portal, then called Xuan Bao's home.

Jiang Han invited Du Lingxuan and their friends to watch Angelite’s match, then accompanied Du Lingxuan by train to Long-Haired Cat Clawmark Island. The packed carriage was about to get even more crowded when a Giant Cat Lamp charged aboard.

• Jiang Han called Du Lingxuan and agreed to join her and Tang Wen for another round of gaming.
• Jiang Han invited Du Lingxuan, Eileen, Teacher Yu, and Teacher Ji to watch Angelite’s match the next day.
• After gaming through the morning, Jiang Han picked up Du Lingxuan and they headed to the train station for Long-Haired Cat Clawmark Island.
• Jiang Han and Du Lingxuan boarded a train already packed with cats and Witches during rush hour.
• A Giant Cat Lamp charged toward the crowded train, and Jiang Han screamed as it arrived.

Eileen met Jiang Han and Du Lingxuan, who described severe commuter congestion on Long-Haired Cat Clawmark Island and asked for help improving transportation. Eileen suggested expanding the railway, then proposed watching the Giant Cat Conference’s match before expecting the giant cats to solve anything.

• Eileen waited in the Cat Sea Grand Cathedral lounge, considering witch politics and choosing to stay out of the tug-of-war between Alice and Angelite for now.
• Jiang Han and Du Lingxuan arrived rumpled after squeezing onto an overcrowded commuter train, and Eileen explained she had bought a private spatial passage from Angelite.
• Jiang Han and Du Lingxuan told Eileen that daily traffic on Long-Haired Cat Clawmark Island had overwhelmed the trains, with millions of cats, witches, and creatures traveling through the island.
• Jiang Han blamed the congestion partly on Eileen’s bank and tourist attractions, while Eileen defended the businesses and pointed out that Jiang Han had not anticipated the problem.
• Eileen suggested asking the Giant Cat Conference to expand the tracks and build a three-rail train, then proposed watching the match first.

Jiang Han and Du Lingxuan visited Eileen’s dragon nest and saw its vast stores of gold, while the group gathered to talk and joke together. The chapter ended with Jiang Han and the others caught staring at Eileen as she adjusted the television.

• Jiang Han and Du Lingxuan entered Eileen’s dragon nest and marveled at its golden waterfall and sorting system.
• Jiang Han and Du Lingxuan discussed Eileen’s rumored ability to eat gold and their own need for money to fund their projects.
• Eileen returned with Yu Sitong and Ji Haijun, who praised her art collection and teased each other about Kraken’s dinosaur park.
• Yu Sitong warmly chatted with Jiang Han and mocked Lin Zhaojun’s exam prospects, prompting Du Lingxuan to joke about Lin’s achievements.
• Jiang Han summoned Mao’er Lite as a sofa and accidentally slapped Du Lingxuan’s thigh while pretending she had meant to touch Yu Sitong.
• The group fell silent and stared at Eileen as she knelt to set up the television.

Du Lingxuan, Yu Sitong, and Ji Haijun commentated on the Sapphire Cup finals while criticizing the late-season ITWF meta and its dominance by four witches. Angelite and Alesha began the final by stacking Zoo buffs and fighting with longswords, with Alesha taking the first round.

• Du Lingxuan, Yu Sitong, and Ji Haijun joked about Angelite and criticized the season’s two dominant buff-stacking and transformation styles.
• Eileen argued that the ITWF rules had let Angelite, Alesha, Lilith, and Lin Zhaojun monopolize the late-season top spots.
• Ji Haijun compared the current meta to Angelite’s past dominance under unrestricted Illusion rules, and the commentators continued their sarcastic banter.
• Angelite and Alesha each stacked high-tier Zoo buffs before fighting with longswords in the first round.
• Alesha defeated Angelite by making her Zoo strategy more aggressive.