Chapter Summaries

Angelite defeated Alesha in the Sapphire Cup finals after adapting to the restricted rules and relying on a powerful buff build. The chapter ended with Angelite exhausted by the victory and admitting she had used the build because otherwise she would have lost.

• Jiang Han and the others watched Angelite struggle against Alesha's buff-heavy setup and discussed how the ITWF ban list limited Angelite's options.
• Angelite changed her strategy in the second round, using transformation and buff spells before casting [Angelite's Ultimate Martial Arts] to fight in melee, and she won the round to tie the match 1:1.
• Eileen explained that Alesha was exceptionally strong under the current rules, but Angelite won the next four rounds and took the Sapphire Cup 5:1.
• During the post-match interview, Angelite said she was exhausted and had used the buff build because she would have lost otherwise.

Jiang Han and the Witches watched the Cat Lamp Rally as Eileen proposed marketing partnerships and investment in Jiang Han’s new company, Nightmare Media. Eileen offered to invest a racetrack, and Jiang Han accepted the idea of funding in kind rather than cash.

• Yu Sitong worried that the Witches had little chance this season after seeing Anjie become a buff-focused Witch, and Jiang Han and Ji Haijun agreed that some of them might have to wait until next season.
• Jiang Han asked the Witches what they thought of the Cat Lamp Rally, and Eileen praised the racing while Jiang Han explained its scoring system.
• Eileen suggested training Witch commentators for the Cat Lamp Rally and Giant Cat Basketball, and Jiang Han offered Rainy Night Club a partnership proposal.
• Eileen asked whether Jiang Han’s new company, Nightmare Media, would accept investment, and Jiang Han said it did not take cash.
• Eileen offered to invest a racetrack in Nightmare Media, then imitated a Cat Lamp and cried, “Meow-ow-ow!”

After securing the investment, Jiang Han visited Eileen’s territory to inspect her emotional coil project and learn from its design. The chapter left Jiang Han poised to study the city-sized experiment and apply its lessons to the cats’ servant army coils.

• Jiang Han asked Eileen to let her cats inspect Eileen’s enterprises, and Eileen agreed to share the coil design materials.
• Eileen arranged for Du Lingxuan and Yu Sitong to stay in the Dragon Nest, then took Jiang Han and Ji Haijun through a Space Tunnel aboard her airship.
• Eileen explained that she had borrowed part of Olivia’s Cat River, where cat lamps helped reinforce the tunnels in exchange for being able to travel through them.
• The airship reached Eileen’s territory, where Jiang Han saw interconnected continents, thriving settlements, and void excavators collecting minerals.
• Eileen brought Jiang Han to a metropolis housing her emotional coil model, where residents’ emotions were harvested and converted into power.

Xu Fangying explained that Jiang Han’s Giant Cat Lord status had Heaven’s Mandate missions that would activate and strengthen Long-Haired Cat Clawmark Island’s leyline energy. She said the territory needed more than Cat Cities, and left Jiang Han with the first broad goal of extending facilities and technology across its towns and villages.

• Elephant Clam Han and Zhang Luer practiced the Cat Lamp Charge while Jiang Han napped beneath the Sun Cat Lamp.
• Xu Fangying woke Jiang Han and told her she had worked out the logic behind her Heaven’s Mandate status and its missions.
• Xu Fangying explained that Ovi had never directed Jiang Han to complete missions because Ovi let her develop naturally.
• Xu Fangying said a Giant Cat Lord’s territory needed facilities in Cat Townships, Cat Villages, and Cat Towns, with technology matching the Nightmare Cat Capital.

Jiang Han and Xu Fangying discussed ways to develop Long-Haired Cat Clawmark Island and settled on an Engineering Cat Academy to attract Cat Lamps away from the lakes. After a chaotic cold-spring prank, Jiang Han, Xu Fangying, and Zhang Luer shared food and talked, with Xu Fangying still focused on the academy.

• Jiang Han rejected Xu Fangying's plans for technical-cat subsidies and rapid development, explaining that Cat Lamps would resist changes that disrupted their homes or benefits.
• Xu Fangying proposed an Engineering Cat Academy to draw Cat Lamps away from the crowded lakes, and Jiang Han explained their history of assisting with engineering, including the first cloudway.
• Jiang Han returned from fetching food and found Xu Fangying chasing Zhang Luer after Zhang Luer had pushed her into a cold spring.
• Zhang Luer tossed Jiang Han into the cold spring too, then ran off laughing as Jiang Han climbed out and Xu Fangying challenged her for not stopping the prank.
• Jiang Han shared food with Xu Fangying and Zhang Luer, and the three watched television and chatted while Xu Fangying continued thinking about the academy.

Jiang Han received the Mermaid Merchant Group’s delivery of liquor, construction materials, cat-sinking wood, and other trade goods, along with an invitation to the Golden Theater. The partnership also brought her a team of nearly fifty witch architects and engineers, and she left the Sea Tree Witch with a new materials list for her planned Engineering Cat Academy.

• Jiang Han and her secretaries Mao'er Lite and Mao Philia inspected the Mermaid Merchant Group’s delivery at the air harbor on Long-Haired Cat Clawmark Island.
• The Sea Tree Witch gave Jiang Han a five-person invitation to the Golden Theater and explained that the Mermaid Merchant Group had obtained cat-sinking wood and other supplies from the Jellyfish Cats.
• Jiang Han’s side received construction materials, giant-cat handicrafts, and nearly fifty witch architects and engineers through the trade.
• Jiang Han asked the Sea Tree Witch to find rare construction materials for the Engineering Cat Academy project.

Jiang Han handled outreach for the Rainy Night Club and met Dorothy Jordan, who was seeking a new team and planned to pursue a class that required a powerful animal companion. Dorothy wanted a Giant Cat Lamp as her companion and was willing to risk the class-change penalty because her experience pool was nearly full.

• Jiang Han assigned Cat Lop, two giant cats, and a talented Ratfolk to help manage her affairs on Long-Haired Cat Clawmark Island.
• Eileen sent Jiang Han to meet witches the Rainy Night Club was contacting and gave her fifty thousand in entertainment expenses.
• Jiang Han welcomed Dorothy Jordan to a café on Rain Dew Sky Island and asked what teams she hoped to contact.
• Dorothy explained that she wanted to become a Twinborn Hunter, a class that could synchronize with an animal companion's spells.
• Dorothy decided to risk the class-change penalty because her experience pool was about to overflow.

Jiang Han showed Dorothy the Giant Cat registry and helped her look for a suitable contract partner, but Dorothy rejected a Pharaoh Giant Cat Lamp over its low morale. Jiang Han promised to find another option, leaving Dorothy’s choice and possible recruitment to the Rainy Night Club unresolved.

• Jiang Han explained that Giant Cats generally accepted only one partner contract and warned that the more demanding cats had unusual requirements.
• Jiang Han described the costs and benefits of Lamp Oil Giant Cat Lamps, but Dorothy dismissed their standard legendary spells as impractical under ITWF rules.
• Jiang Han showed Dorothy a Pharaoh Giant Cat Lamp with necromancy, illusion, and evocation spells, and Dorothy said she liked it because she liked necromancy.
• Dorothy asked whether necromancy had morale problems, and Jiang Han admitted that Pharaoh Giant Cats had somewhat low morale.
• Jiang Han stopped discussing recruitment and promised Dorothy that she would find another way.

Jiang Han took Dorothy to inspect Giant Cats, bringing Sophia along to provide health certificates. After Sophia completed the examinations, Dorothy chose a Wine Immortal Giant Cat Lamp and formed a contract with it.

• Jiang Han agreed to accompany Dorothy to see Giant Cats after Dorothy offered to pay triple her usual rate.
• Jiang Han picked up Sophia at Ghost Castle, where the witches were recovering from Olivia's brutal training.
• Dorothy and Sophia chatted about legendary spells and witch competitions on the ride to the Giant Cat lot.
• Sophia completed physical examination reports for the Giant Cats Dorothy considered.
• Dorothy contracted with a Wine Immortal Giant Cat Lamp whose spell list included the legendary spell [Three Witches!].

Dorothy used a loophole to force a class-change ritual with Mao Peng, a Wine Immortal Giant Cat, and became a Twin Hunter. The ritual discarded most of her class abilities, but let her use the Giant Cats’ spell list.

• Jiang Han and Sophia watched as the Dorothy sisters prepared to exploit a loophole for their class change.
• Dorothy asked Jiang Han to correct the Chinese character in Mao Peng’s name, and Mao Peng angrily smacked the sisters with a ball of yarn.
• Jiang Han drew the Velos Curse ritual diagram for Dorothy.
• Dorothy invoked Angelite’s authorization to force the class-change ritual despite its unmet requirements.
• Dorothy and Mao Peng completed the Twin Hunter class change, and Dorothy celebrated gaining access to the Giant Cats’ spell list.

Dorothy split into three duplicates, and Sophia tested their abilities before the group turned to cooking. Mao'er Lite took charge in the kitchen, where the Dorothy sisters were tossed around and quickly repaired themselves.

• Dorothy split into three porcelain-doll duplicates, each with the same reduced amount of magic power.
• Sophia tested the duplicates and concluded that they retained normal witch abilities, though their spell quality was weaker.
• Jiang Han secured the specially brewed wine fruit in her tail with a dimensional lock.
• Sophia offered a cheese herring steak to lure a giant cat into helping her cook, and Dorothy led Mao'er Lite to the kitchen.
• Mao'er Lite tossed the Dorothy sisters out of the kitchen, and they crashed into the giant cats before repairing themselves.

Sophia served Jiang Han and Dorothy a lavish dinner before explaining how she learned to cook and revealing her tragic origins as a Ghost Witch from another world. She left them with the story of the foolish second contractor who taught her to weave feelings into her food.

• Sophia served Jiang Han and Dorothy a lavish meal, and the guests praised her cooking.
• Dorothy and Jiang Han asked Sophia where she had learned to cook, while nearby Cat Lamps gathered to listen.
• Sophia explained that she had awakened from a supposedly dead Ghost Witch egg in an abandoned research institute in another world.
• She said the world that birthed her tried to eliminate her, so she devoured its inhabitants to survive.
• Sophia recalled traveling with her second contractor, who taught her to cook and weave her emotions into her dishes.

Dorothy Jordan told Jiang Han and Sophia how her childhood wandering with her mother led her to become a competitive witch. She left them with stories of their unusual travels, their studies at Annobelli Academy, and her one-sided duel with Agatha.

• Dorothy Jordan described scavenging a battlefield with her mother when she was six and collecting remains for witch rituals.
• She recounted how her mother fell into a flesh-digestion pool, where Dorothy awakened her magic and rescued her mother, who found a valuable Sin Ruby.
• Dorothy explained that her mother once mistook her for an egg and put her in the fridge while under the influence of Dragon Hemp.
• Dorothy said she and her mother traveled across America, attended university lectures, and eventually enrolled together at Annobelli Academy.
• Dorothy revealed that she crossed blades with Agatha at fifteen, who defeated her thirteen to zero.

After returning to Mist Immortal Cat Nest, Jiang Han talked with Sophia about Ghost Castle’s strict rules before visiting Olivia to ask for help with risky side jobs. Olivia silently agreed to contact the Underworld if Jiang Han’s experiments caused magical power disturbances.

• Jiang Han and Sophia returned to Mist Immortal Cat Nest and found Priscilla was out again.
• Sophia complained that Priscilla could leave Ghost Castle without following the rules, while her own request for leave had been denied.
• Jiang Han and Sophia discussed why Ghost Witches wanted jobs that let them spend more time outside the castle.
• Sophia stayed behind to watch Mayna Faros livestream a lesson on psychedelic cuisine, while Jiang Han went to find Olivia.
• Jiang Han asked Olivia to help contact the Underworld and remove information streams if her side jobs caused magical power disturbances, and Olivia agreed.

Jiang Han pressed Olivia for a firm promise that she would help if Jiang Han died, and Olivia agreed to take her to the Underworld and secure Water of Forgetting. The two chatted about Olivia’s influence and the Underworld before Olivia revealed that their Eileen Cup doubles match had already been confirmed.

• Jiang Han repeatedly scratched Olivia’s chin until Olivia promised to take her to the Underworld and obtain Water of Forgetting if something happened to her.
• Olivia told Jiang Han about keeping her Vanwal Wands membership and beating a shop owner who tried to revoke her gold status.
• Olivia explained that her ties to the Underworld helped felines find work there, and Jiang Han grimaced after tasting bitter coffee.
• Jiang Han asked whether they had confirmed their Eileen Cup doubles match, and Olivia said another cat had already confirmed it for them.

Olivia recognized that she wanted a friend, though she struggled to admit it, and Jiang Han invited her to visit Dragon Era Park on Saturday. Olivia agreed to go by small airship, leaving them set to spend the day together.

• Jiang Han thanked Olivia for helping her, and Olivia tried to dismiss the feelings of friendship growing between them.
• Jiang Han invited Olivia out for drinks on Saturday and suggested visiting Dragon Era Park to see living dragons and its limited-edition Dragon Ragdoll dolls.
• Olivia objected to the dragon park but agreed to go if they traveled there by small airship.
• Jiang Han happily celebrated the plan, while Olivia privately accepted that she could relax and spend time with her.

Olivia rummaged through her wardrobe to prepare for her Saturday outing with Maomao Han, while Vera and Carla teased her about getting ready too early. Elsewhere, Jiang Han and the Du Lingxuan sisters discussed Witch date-day customs and joked about Lilith.

• Olivia rejected outfit after outfit while insisting that a great cat had to show her splendor when meeting Maomao Han.
• Carla revealed that Olivia's outing was on Saturday, not in half an hour, and Olivia kicked Vera and Carla out after they teased her.
• Vera and Carla agreed that Olivia was unusually proactive because of her awkward personality and speculated about her interest in Maomao Han.
• Jiang Han asked Xuan Bao and Du Lingxuan about Thursday being a Witch date day, and the sisters joked about Lilith preparing six hours early for a date.

Du Lingxuan admitted that she dreaded spending Friday alone and wished she had asked Jiang Han to spend the day with her sooner. Jiang Han agreed to watch videos and play games with her, while Du Lingxuan blocked Jiang Han from answering Yamamura Chizuko’s dinner invitation.

• Du Lingxuan and Jiang Han joked about how many people had invited Jiang Han out for Thursday and Friday.
• Du Lingxuan confessed that she hated the thought of spending Friday alone and called her earlier self an idiot for not asking Jiang Han to hang out.
• Jiang Han pointed out that Du Lingxuan still had not invited her for Friday, and Du Lingxuan asked if she was free tomorrow.
• Yamamura Chizuko messaged Jiang Han to invite her to dinner, but Du Lingxuan covered the phone screen and refused to let Jiang Han answer.
• Jiang Han eventually got her phone back, saw Chizuko’s apologetic follow-up, and pinched Du Lingxuan’s cheeks before they watched another match video.

Jiang Han spent the day with Du Lingxuan, teasing her and discussing her new core ability and an upcoming doubles tournament. After Jiang Han left, Du Lingxuan decided to plan a fun outing for her and searched online for Jiang Han’s interests, but the results left her baffled.

• Jiang Han and Du Lingxuan joked together while Du Lingxuan played a game and showed Jiang Han her core-ability book and Fine Chain Cat Lamp.
• Jiang Han asked about Du Lingxuan’s Eileen Cup doubles event, and Du Lingxuan said she needed a teammate after her original partner had to withdraw.
• Jiang Han and Du Lingxuan watched a match, practiced magic, read, and chatted before Jiang Han returned to her nearby Cat Nest with a pudding set box.
• Du Lingxuan wrote in her diary about how much time Jiang Han had spent accompanying her and resolved to take Jiang Han somewhere fun the next day.
• Du Lingxuan searched for what Jiang Han liked, but the results included strange queries about Angelite and Kraken and left her dumbfounded.

Jiang Han teased Priscilla about her innocence and learned she had gone next door to visit Du Lingxuan. The chapter left them sharing coffee as Priscilla playfully hinted at her curiosity about forbidden things.

• Jiang Han returned to the cat nest and learned Sophia was making anti-corruption potions in exchange for a rare Lin Zhaojun record.
• Jiang Han joked about charging Priscilla for a share, and Priscilla warmly called her both a friend and a child to protect.
• Priscilla guessed Jiang Han had visited Du Lingxuan, and Jiang Han was startled that she knew.
• Jiang Han teased Priscilla for being pure-hearted and offered to teach her how to charm younger sisters.
• Priscilla made Jiang Han coffee, then joked that forbidden things made Ghost Witches more curious and thrilled.