Chapter Summaries

Jiang Han attended Eileen’s Underworld Cup opening ceremony, where Eileen showcased food, games, merchandise, prizes, and plans for the tournament. The individual competition draw placed Angelite, Eileen, Olivia, Lin Zhaojun, Alesha, and Loya in the same group.

• Jiang Han enjoyed the opening ceremony’s snacks while Olivia and Lin Zhaojun bickered over seating space.
• Eileen’s ceremony screened highlights from past cups and revealed fifteen games in development, including an AI game whose characters would think like Cat Lamps.
• Eileen promoted tournament merchandise and announced generous rewards, including the champion’s choice of two legendary spells.
• Eileen outlined plans to develop the cup with the local Witch Association in the Eastern Isles.
• The individual competition draw put Angelite, Eileen, Olivia, Lin Zhaojun, Alesha, and Loya in the same group.

After the tournament draw, Jiang Han and her friends lamented their difficult matchups before Jiang Han and Xiya went to train together at the Cat Sea Grand Cathedral. They found Cat Lamps turning the training ground into a candy-making and farming operation, and Jiang Han ordered them to prepare the arena for practice.

• Du Lingxuan celebrated the dramatic tournament group draw, while Jiang Han, Xiya, and Lilian discussed the witches’ matchups.
• Jiang Han and Xiya agreed to practice together after Ovi disappeared to worry about her difficult group.
• Jiang Han and Xiya entered a vast Giant Cat training room at the Cat Sea Grand Cathedral.
• Xiya spotted Cat Lamps making candy and processing fruit beneath an earth-vein tree, and Jiang Han discovered the Nightmare Cat Lamps were behind the operation.
• Jiang Han scolded the Cat Lamps and told them to prepare the training ground, then allowed them to keep their setup around the tree.

Histeria encouraged Jiang Han to stop relying on exposed tricks and train to face stronger opponents with her own power. Jiang Han agreed to train seriously, leaving her fear behind for the moment.

• Histeria asked Jiang Han how she felt about her Eileen Cup performance, and Jiang Han admitted she had little confidence against top-tier certificate holders.
• Jiang Han explained that her earlier victories had depended on opponents' blind spots and tactics that had since been exposed.
• Histeria pointed to Aoses and several champions as examples of witches who won through hard power as well as strategy.
• Histeria told Jiang Han that, as her master, she needed to show her a better path and help if she chose to take it.
• Jiang Han thanked Histeria and quietly agreed to train properly.

Jiang Han met her idol Aoses, who had been invited by Histeria to train her against Water Dragon Certificate players. Aoses declared that such players played too cautiously and that she had beaten Angelite five to zero, leaving Jiang Han with Aoses’s bold approach to dueling.

• Histeria introduced Jiang Han to Aoses, and Jiang Han eagerly asked her idol for an autograph.
• Aoses signed Jiang Han’s notebook in French, delighting Jiang Han and her cat tail.
• Histeria asked Aoses to teach Jiang Han about playing against Water Dragon Certificate users.
• Aoses claimed she was ten for ten against Water Dragon Certificate players and had beaten Angelite five to zero.
• Aoses argued that Water Dragon Certificate users relied too much on cautious data and needed to seize unlikely chances to win.

Aoses taught Jiang Han how to exploit Water Dragon Certificate Witches’ habit of stacking shields at the start of a duel. She advised Jiang Han to use the brief opening to dry-pull buffs, leaving Jiang Han tempted to try the risky tactic.

• Aoses explained that Water Dragon Certificate Witches often opened by layering shields because they expected opponents to rush them.
• She argued that even Witches who knew a rush was coming could not resist relying on defensive counterattacks, and Jiang Han recognized the same flaw in her zoo family.
• Aoses estimated that a top-tier Witch would spend at least 0.2 seconds stacking shields and urged Jiang Han to exploit the opening by dry-pulling buffs.
• Jiang Han questioned the danger of skipping shields, but Aoses insisted that taking greater risks and being greedier could overcome a Water Dragon Certificate.
• Xi Fu joined the conversation, and Jiang Han found herself tempted by Aoses’s advice.

Jiang Han and the others watched Aoses challenge Angelite to a practice match, but Angelite defeated her almost instantly. Aoses demanded rematches and lost again and again, leaving her crushed while Angelite boasted about her strength.

• Jiang Han arranged a best-of-five practice match between Aoses and Angelite at the Giant Cat Training Ground.
• Angelite rapidly layered protective spells and empowered herself as the match began.
• Aoses started casting two powerful spells, but Angelite interrupted her with a sword strike and defeated her in under half a second.
• Aoses demanded repeated rematches, and Angelite defeated her each time within seconds.
• Angelite bragged to Jiang Han about her strength while the defeated Aoses lay devastated nearby.

After watching the Aoses sisters’ training and discussing how Aoses’s dry-pull tactics had nearly worked against Anjie, Jiang Han decided to try the strategy herself. She ended the chapter determined to grind dry pulls starting the next day.

• Jiang Han returned to Cat Colony Island and found Little Li swimming with the Giant Cat Lamps while food was saved for her and Olivia.
• Jiang Han ate curry rice with Xiya and asked what she had learned during training.
• Jiang Han explained that Aoses’s tactics had correctly predicted Anjie’s casting, but Aoses’s poor condition and strength had caused her defeat.
• Xiya teased Jiang Han about using dry-pull tactics, and Jiang Han decided to start practicing them the next day.

Jiang Han planned to use Haste spells in the Eileen Cup doubles tournament, but she and Olivia settled on a more ambitious strategy: both would hard-pull Dragon Transformation. As their match approached, Olivia admitted she had little confidence in qualifying for the individual competition.

• Jiang Han decided to learn and use a full set of Haste spells after realizing how important casting speed was in duels.
• Jiang Han proposed hard-pulling in the doubles tournament, and Olivia agreed after judging their opponents to be weak.
• Olivia chose Dragon Transformation as the spell they would both hard-pull, and Jiang Han agreed.
• Olivia said she would activate her Nine-Tailed Form in the individual competition and fight only if she thought she could win.
• A brass horn announced that Olivia and Jiang Han would compete next and told them to prepare to take the stage.

Jiang Han and Olivia faced Oizumi Reina and Kawahara Sayuri in their first doubles match, but Olivia was banished after picking a forbidden spell. Jiang Han defeated both opponents alone, leaving the team with a hard-won victory.

• Jiang Han and Olivia were paired against Oizumi Reina and Kawahara Sayuri in the Eileen Cup doubles match.
• Zoe Isaac, Grace Mitchell, and Dorothy Jordan commentated on the match and discussed Olivia’s history as the Sleeping Witch and Cat Lamp Witch.
• Olivia picked the banned Legendary Spell: Hellball and was removed from the arena by Banishment.
• Jiang Han fought Sayuri and Reina alone, unleashed the Cat Bus, and defeated them after three minutes.

Jiang Han and Olivia competed in the Eileen Cup doubles matches, with Olivia recovering her form and leading them to fifteen consecutive victories. They ended the chapter celebrating their win over Alesha and Lin Zhaojun, while Jiang Han recognized Olivia’s full strength.

• Jiang Han won a one-versus-two match, then reassured Olivia about their earlier loss while they showered between rounds.
• Olivia regained her confidence, and she and Jiang Han won their next fifteen doubles matches.
• Jiang Han and Olivia faced Alesha and Lin Zhaojun in a decisive match for first place in another group.
• Jiang Han stalled Lin Zhaojun before being defeated, while Olivia outplayed both opponents and won the match.
• Jiang Han watched the replay and praised Olivia, who credited Jiang Han’s Frozen Blood Spell for helping defeat Lin Zhaojun.

Jiang Han and Olivia spent their day off sightseeing in Youweixian Province before returning to Cat Book House, where they celebrated Du Lingxuan’s strong performance and Big Boss Cat’s victory in the doubles matches. The chapter ended with the three Cat Lamp Witches laughing together as Xuan Bao bragged on her livestream.

• Jiang Han and Big Boss Cat stayed in their room to comment on the individual competition, while Jiang Han later went sightseeing with Olivia.
• Jiang Han and Olivia visited the giant cherry blossom tree and discussed Eileen’s development of Youweixian Province.
• Jiang Han used Miss Li Li’s cat-ear earbud to learn that Du Lingxuan had defeated a Fire Dragon Certificate.
• Jiang Han and Olivia returned to Cat Book House and found Du Lingxuan streaming and bragging about her match.
• Jiang Han praised Big Boss Cat’s strength in the doubles matches, and Big Boss Cat modestly boasted about beating Lin Zhaojun and Alesha.

Jiang Han, Du Lingxuan, and Olivia watched the tournament and joked about Little Li's danger of elimination after Yu-Ji Double C's matches. Olivia fled the cat nest after Xuanbao read embarrassing donations aloud, and Jiang Han teased the blushing Xuanbao as the group continued watching.

• Du Lingxuan questioned why Teacher Yu lost to Teacher Ji after using Steel Guard, and Olivia blamed Teacher Yu's addiction to the spell.
• Olivia, Jiang Han, and Du Lingxuan noted that Little Li might be eliminated unless Yu-Ji Double C's results helped her, then joked about her past tournament failures.
• Olivia read the sarcastic livestream comments and blushed when Xuanbao read suggestive donation messages aloud.
• Olivia ran off to find snacks, and Du Lingxuan teased Jiang Han about appearing innocent.
• Jiang Han asked whether Xuanbao wanted to experience her private side, leaving Xuanbao blushing as viewers urged the two to get closer.

Jiang Han, Olivia, Du Lingxuan, and Alesha discussed the end-of-patch dominance of Zoo and Transformation strategies after watching Kraken defeat Dinesha. They parted to rest before the evening matches, with the current meta still difficult to counter.

• Jiang Han, Olivia, and Du Lingxuan watched Kraken defeat Dinesha in a sixteen-minute match after Kraken opened with Zoo Bus.
• Xuan Bao watched Tang Bao and Miao Bao struggle through the Marite Racing DLC while feeding them and Blind Treasure during the break.
• Blind Treasure and Du Lingxuan explained that Zoo and Transformation builds dominated most matches, and Blind Treasure described her exhausting fight against Big Li's Star Cluster Cat Lamp.
• Olivia said her Star Cluster Cat had grown too large to enter the arena, while arena rules also restricted super-giant creatures.
• Alesha and the others discussed ways witches were developing to counter Zoo and Transformation sets, then returned to their cat nests to rest before the evening matches.

Du Lingxuan told Jiang Han and the others why Agatha had never graduated from a witch academy. She explained that Agatha’s theses had been derailed by war and the Eileen sisters’ trip to the sun.

• Du Lingxuan explained that witch academy graduates were highly qualified, then revealed that Agatha had never earned her diploma.
• Jiang Han, Alesha, and the hidden Olivia listened as Du Lingxuan described Agatha’s academic achievements and joked about her intelligence.
• Du Lingxuan said Agatha’s first thesis concerned political stability, but the First Witch War broke out and made it irrelevant.
• Du Lingxuan explained that Agatha’s second thesis was about spellcraft, but the Eileen sisters had already gone to the sun by the time she finished it.

Jiang Han prepared for her solo matches while Cat Dula analyzed the current duel meta and devised a strategy for her. Cat Dula’s plan focused on rapid buffs and building pressure until Jiang Han could stack two legendary spells, and Jiang Han then headed to the arena.

• Jiang Han waited in the disorganized lounge and lamented the lack of food and witch affairs officers.
• Jiang Han and her maintenance cat lamps prepared her spells and fitted her with thickened tactical coveralls.
• Cat Dula arrived, caught several suspected cat spies, and joked about her ability to stop intelligence gathering.
• Cat Dula explained that buffs and high saves dominated the current version and that Lin Zhaojun’s fast casting made her unusually effective.
• Cat Dula advised Jiang Han to apply rapid buffs, pressure her opponent into clearing the field, and stack two legendary spells before taking the field.

Jiang Han entered a difficult tournament group and faced an archwitch specializing in illusions, evocation, and conjuration. Her cautious shielded opening failed against her opponent’s transformations and dispelling, leaving Jiang Han with a first-match defeat.

• Jiang Han learned that her group contained six formidable opponents and that her odds of advancing were low.
• She watched an elite witch defeat an alternate apex-tier witch through transformation and sustained attacks.
• Jiang Han prepared for her archwitch opponent by guarding against speed boosts and powerful evocation spells.
• At the referee’s signal, Jiang Han cast defensive spells and dragon transformations while her opponent built a set of five forms.
• Jiang Han’s legendary lightsaber failed to penetrate her opponent’s defenses, and the archwitch shattered her shield and dispelled her spell, defeating her in the first match.

Jiang Han reviewed her failed suppression strategy with Cat Dula and entered her second match determined to stack buffs before attacking. Her opponent exploited the delay and killed her with a pair of missiles, leaving Jiang Han to revive and meow.

• Cat Dula scolded Jiang Han for her previous match and explained that she should stack buffs, then suppress her opponent with legendary spells.
• Jiang Han realized that ITWF rules made an opening evocation one-shot unlikely and resolved to follow Cat Dula’s strategy.
• Du Lingxuan and Ji Haijun discussed Jiang Han’s cautious playstyle as the second match began.
• Jiang Han stacked buffs, but her Archwitch opponent exploited the opening and killed her with two armor-piercing missiles.
• Jiang Han revived and could only meow.

Jiang Han struggled through Group D’s unpredictable matches, alternating between victories and defeats as witches of every skill level toppled one another. After a chaotic day that left nearly everyone in contention to qualify, she was still trapped in the competition with three match days remaining.

• Jiang Han and Cat Dula discovered that a witch had one-shot Jiang Han with a Spiral Bullet Rune and an Armor-Piercing Missile, then watched the opponent lose her next match through a costly mistake.
• Jiang Han learned that Group D’s qualification race was so chaotic that nearly every competitor could either advance or fall short.
• Jiang Han defeated Sazuo Namaemi with a Super Cat transformation and a Legendary Boundlessly Spreading Tide, but Sazuo later awakened and crushed Francis Lee Arabella of Water Dragon Certificate.
• Jiang Han kept trading wins and losses, while Group D’s qualification list grew to sixty-four witches with three match days still left.
• Jiang Han ended the day frustrated that she still had a real chance to qualify and could not simply give up.

Jiang Han reviewed recordings of her sixteen matches with Cat Dula and the Giant Cats, then used their data analysis to understand which tactics were working. The chapter left Jiang Han energized by the findings and ready to refine her strategy.

• Jiang Han and Cat Dula watched recordings of her seven wins and nine losses to look for ways to improve.
• Jiang Han recalled how transformations, summoned creatures, and tougher defenses had changed the matches, while her legendary lightsaber rarely dealt damage.
• Cat Dula and Mao Philia proposed compiling match data, and the Giant Cats quickly assembled a chart of Jiang Han’s openings and spell differentials.
• Cat Dula pointed out that Jiang Han’s transformation openings and Dragon Transformation: Horn had performed poorly, prompting Jiang Han to recognize the value of the analysis.

Jiang Han began her Group D match against Jenny Ball by using Cat Dula’s decisive Giant Cat Lamp strategy, turning the seemingly weak summons into a source of spell advantage and recovery. Jenny struggled to clear the relentless cats as Jiang Han kept summoning more, leaving the match in a bitter stalemate.

• Group D witches began fighting more decisively after their unstable tactics turned the previous matches into a joke.
• Jiang Han recalled Cat Dula’s advice and opened her match against Jenny Ball by summoning a Giant Cat Lamp.
• Cat Dula and Mao Philia cheered as the cats’ special recovery and combat value became apparent.
• Jiang Han summoned more Giant Cat Lamps and nine Cat Lamps, while Jenny Ball completed her zoo setup and tried to clear them.
• Jenny Ball destroyed one Giant Cat Lamp with a powerful spell, but another charged in as Jiang Han summoned a third, leaving Jenny unable to understand her opponent’s mana supply.