Chapter Summaries

After Jiang Han defeated Josephine, the giant cats celebrated her victory with an enthusiastic battle review and an extravagant feast that strained her patience more than her finances. She later joined the witches, where Xiya praised her tactics and said they would watch the next day’s matches together.

• Cat Dula and the giant cats swarmed Jiang Han to celebrate her victory, then asked her to review the battle tactics.
• Histeria decided not to interrupt Jiang Han’s celebration and left the lounge.
• Jiang Han treated the giant cats and her friends to a lavish meal at the cat restaurant, while Mao Philia reported the soaring bill.
• Jiang Han left the cats’ table and joined Xiya, Anjie, and Lin Zhaojun, who were feasting as well.
• Xiya praised Jiang Han’s performance and said they would watch the next day’s matches, including the Greedy Umbrella family and Jiebao’s battle against Dinesha.

Jiang Han and Du Lingxuan visited the Wei Changqing sisters to provide a paid petting service in exchange for valuable otherworldly ancient coins. The chapter ended with the cats falling asleep on a sofa while the sisters petted their tails.

• Jiang Han woke Du Lingxuan because their appointment with the Wei Changqing sisters had arrived.
• Jiang Han and Du Lingxuan dressed, groomed their fur, and traveled to Wei Changqing's Sky Island residence.
• Wei Changqing welcomed the cats aboard her unusual train, which traveled around a hot-spring lake.
• Wei Changqing praised their match from the previous day and complimented Du Lingxuan's fighting spirit.
• Du Lingxuan and Jiang Han curled up together on the lazy-cat sofa and fell asleep as the sisters began petting their tails.

Jiang Han woke up aboard Wei Changqing’s Sky Island and checked on the Cat Lamp attraction plan she had recommended. Wei Changqing showed her a catalog of the professional Cat Lamps she had attracted, but Jiang Han found no sign that any of their colonies had produced a Great Cat.

• Jiang Han woke at 1:50 in the afternoon and asked Wei Changqing where Sister Xuan Bao had gone.
• Wei Changqing pointed out Sister Xuan Bao swimming in a floating cat nest on the lake.
• Jiang Han asked Wei Changqing how her Cat Lamp attraction plan was going, and Wei Changqing praised the Cat River floating cat nest.
• Wei Changqing showed Jiang Han her translated Cat Lamp codex, which listed the names, breeds, and professions of the cats she had attracted.
• Jiang Han reviewed the professional Cat Lamps and concluded their colonies had not produced a Giant Cat Lamp.

Jiang Han organized efforts to document Cat Lamp abilities and met Cat Bo at the Cat Book House, where Cat Bo shared advice and news from the visiting team. The team had found a legendary Cat-Transforming Giant Cat Lamp, though not the Transmutation Giant Cat Jiang Han had hoped to find.

• Jiang Han arranged for Wei Changqing to record visiting Cat Lamp data and described teams searching for forgotten abilities.
• Jiang Han found Cat Bo bragging to Giant Cats about her plans and interrupted her before she revealed secrets.
• Jiang Han concealed their conversation with leyline energy, and Cat Bo suggested developing her Mist abilities toward the conceptual level.
• Cat Bo told Jiang Han that the Cat Lamp Visiting Team had found a Cat-Transforming Giant Cat Lamp playing Witch Cards with two plant Giant Cats she had transformed.

Jiang Han and Cat Bo found a shy Cat-Transforming Giant Cat Lamp living in a remote valley and hoped to recruit her. They arrived to find the giant cat and her companions losing a Witch Cards game to kittens from the Cat Lamp visiting team.

• The cats searched for the legendary Cat-Transforming Giant Cat Lamp, who had bought land under a false identity on Long-Haired Cat Clawmark Island.
• Jiang Han followed Cat Bo through the mountains and discussed the area’s resources and her hidden Weather Flow tactics.
• Jiang Han reflected on recent tournament results, including Dinesha’s narrow victory over Angelite and the sisters’ loss to Jiebao.
• Cat Bo led Jiang Han to a developing Cat Valley, where the Cat-Transforming Giant Cat Lamp and two companions sat at a table facing smug kittens playing Witch Cards.

Jiang Han recruited the transformed-cat Giant Cat Lamp Cat Dilenna by provoking her over a Witch Card match, then offering her a chance to share her adventure stories. Cat Dilenna accepted a companion contract with Jiang Han, and Jiang Han gained a new tactical core.

• Cat Dilenna lost a Witch Card match to a Mixed Council deck and complained that her highly rated Super Cat Lamp deck should have won.
• Jiang Han and Cat Lina approached Cat Dilenna, and Jiang Han kept her from fleeing by challenging her card skills.
• Jiang Han explained that Cat Dilenna could improve by playing with other Witch Card cats at the Cat Bazaar.
• Jiang Han learned that Cat Dilenna loved adventure stories and suggested she share them with cats who played cards.
• Cat Dilenna accepted Jiang Han's offer to sign a companion contract, gave her name, and became Jiang Han's second of three tactical cores.

Jiang Han prepared a new avatar-based battlefield tactic by turning her avatars into Giant Cats with Cat-Transforming Giant Cat Lamp. She recruited Zhang Luer and gathered reports from her avatars, leaving the three-incarnation Cat Transformation plan ready to develop.

• Cat Bo revealed that Cat Dilenna would have to compete against famous top witches as the cats’ third tactical core, and the training corps reminded her of her contract when she tried to flee.
• Jiang Han summoned her two avatars and spirit cat, explaining that Cat-Transforming Giant Cat Lamp could let her avatars enter the battlefield as Giant Cats.
• Jiang Han offered Zhang Luer mana and match-based pay to join her, and Zhang Luer eagerly agreed.
• Mouse Han reported training in evocation spells and praised Jiang Han’s library, while Elephant Clam Han reported practicing melee specializations.
• Jiang Han outlined a three-incarnation Cat Transformation tactic that relied on spirit cats supplying Cat-Transforming Giant Cat Lamp with Spiritized Delicacies.

Jiang Han tried to get Cat Dilenna to train by offering spirit-form food and a Cat Tree apartment, while the Zhang Luer sisters eventually persuaded her with a beating. At the training grounds, Jiang Han found Cat Luo and the Mushroom Cat Lamps turning the space into a mushroom-growing worksite, leaving her fascinated by their industrious attendant species.

• Jiang Han offered Cat Dilenna spirit-form food and a chance to exchange territory for a Cat Tree apartment to persuade her to train.
• Zhang Luer dragged Cat Dilenna off the pillar and beat her until she agreed to go to the training grounds.
• The Zhang Luer sisters rubbed fur from Cat Dilenna to use in making Giant Cat Post consumables.
• Jiang Han and Zhang Luer found Cat Luo directing Mushroom Cat Lamps as they planted mushrooms and loaded goods at the training grounds.
• Cat Luo defended using every inch of the grounds and said the Mushroom Cat Lamps volunteered to work twelve-hour days for the collective.
• Jiang Han compared the Mushroom Cat Lamps with the Nightmare Cat Lamps and became interested in the Mushroom Cat Lamps’ productivity and activities.

Jiang Han examined Cat Dilenna’s transformation abilities and learned how her Cat D Cards worked. She selected giant cat forms for Mouse Han and Elephant Clam Han.

• Jiang Han allowed Cat Luo to cultivate mushrooms in half of her restricted training room, while Cat Luo mused about expanding production.
• Cat Dilenna demonstrated her Cat Transformation Spell, which could turn up to five living creatures into giant cat lamps without changing their abilities or personalities.
• Cat Dilenna explained her Long-Term Meow and Short-Term Meow modes, including how Cat D Cards could strengthen transformed giant cats.
• Cat Dilenna showed Jiang Han her collection of more than a hundred kinds of Cat D Cards, including duplicate Storm Giant Cat Cards.
• Jiang Han chose a Spell Page Giant Cat for Mouse Han and a Mammoth Giant Cat Lamp for Elephant Clam Han.

Jiang Han's manifestations trained their Giant Cat abilities while the witches watched the Round of 64 lottery drawing. Jiang Han drew Yu Sitong as her opponent for the next day's first match.

• Lin Zhaojun trained against Elephant Clam Han and Zhang Luer, whose Mad Laughing Spell and Disruption set up a powerful Giant Cat's Ultimate Suplex before Jiang Han stopped them.
• Xuan Bao tested the suplex and cried from the pain, while Jiang Han noted that Elephant Clam Han was progressing rapidly and Zhang Luer showed exceptional talent.
• Mouse Han and Elephant Clam Han skipped the drawing ceremony to attend to their own activities, while Agatha and the Lucky Cat Lamp drew the Round of 64 matchups.
• Agatha announced that Jiang Han would face Yu Sitong in the next day's first match.

Jiang Han faced Yu Sitong in the tournament and expected her superior strength and reserve tactics to carry the match. Jiang Han crushed Yu Sitong in the opening round with her Cat Gambling Tactic, leaving the match underway.

• Du Lingxuan opened champagne before Jiang Han entered the arena, prompting Jiang Han to worry that it might bring bad luck.
• Du Lingxuan and the coach cats advised Jiang Han to test Yu Sitong with the Cat Gambling Tactic because Jiang Han had more strength and tactics in reserve.
• Jiang Han and Yu Sitong exchanged compliments before the match, while privately sizing each other up.
• After the referee started the match with a slow ball, Yu Sitong fired two Armor-Piercing Missiles, but Jiang Han dodged them and summoned the Rainstorm Giant Cat Lamp.
• Yu Sitong's Howling Sea lost to Jiang Han's Boundlessly Spreading Tide, and Yu Sitong was swept away in the first round.

Jiang Han defeated Yu Sitong 2:0 after Yu repeatedly used lightning spells against Jiang Han’s storm, charging her giant cats instead of harming them. Jiang Han and her team prepared to keep using the same strategy in the next round.

• Jiang Han returned to the lounge, where Cat Dula, Mao Philia, and Cat Gernis watched Yu Sitong’s baffling tactics.
• Yu Sitong cast enhanced Chain Lightning into Jiang Han’s storm, charging Giant Cat Lamp and putting it into Fully Charged State.
• Jiang Han used Storm Claw to hint that Yu Sitong should avoid lightning magic, but Yu dodged it and continued attacking with lightning spells.
• Jiang Han’s charged giant cats cast a series of buffs, helping her defeat Yu Sitong with a spell differential of 10.00 and win 2:0.
• Jiang Han returned to the lounge, and Cat Dula suggested they keep using the strategy in the next round.

Yu Sitong abandoned her ineffective opening and began fighting Jiang Han more carefully, but Jiang Han baited her into casting Lesser Steel Guard and killed it with Finger of Death. Jiang Han led 3:0 as Yu Sitong’s steel addiction undermined her disciplined play.

• Du Lingxuan and the Dorothy sisters urged Yu Sitong to adjust her strategy and take the match seriously.
• Yu Sitong used armor-piercing shots, pushing spells, and a Force Wall to interrupt Jiang Han, but Jiang Han dodged and gained a spell differential.
• Yu Sitong switched to a defensive setup with Skeleton Traps and Force Nova Traps while Jiang Han summoned the Rainstorm Giant Cat Lamp.
• Yu Sitong countered the resulting weather with Angelite's Weather Signal Flare and began casting Miss Rainflower's Sea Call.
• Jiang Han summoned two Cat Tanks, baiting Yu Sitong into casting Lesser Steel Guard, then struck it with Finger of Death to make the score 3:0.

Jiang Han consulted her giant cat coaches about whether to keep using Weather: Torrential Rain against Teacher Yu, then abandoned it when Yu’s opening pressure proved difficult to handle. She won the round-of-64 qualifying match 4:0 with a transformed heavy-artillery Giant Cat Lamp and advanced to compete for the top 32.

• Mao'er Lite massaged Jiang Han while the giant cat coaches reviewed Yu Sitong’s spell pool and discussed her limited counterplay options.
• Cat Dula and Mao Philia advised Jiang Han to keep using a winning tactic until her opponent actually countered it, explaining tactical value, form value, and willpower value.
• Teacher Yu opened game four with a force-field wall and pressured Jiang Han, who switched from Weather: Torrential Rain to a Holy Relic-transformed heavy-artillery Giant Cat Lamp protected by two bodyguard cats.
• Jiang Han defeated Teacher Yu 4:0 in the round-of-64 qualifying match and advanced to compete for a top-32 spot.

After recovering from their matches, Jiang Han and her giant-cat coaching team faced a crowd of witch reporters eager to interview them. Jiang Han answered questions about her tactics and Cat Lamp Style, then learned that Teacher Ji had won and worried she might face her again.

• Jiang Han and Teacher Yu restored themselves in the arena's medical room, where contestants could also receive massages from Massage Beavers.
• Jiang Han changed into her usual dress and led the giant-cat coaching team out, where reporters and eager cats awaited them.
• Mao'er Lite and another giant cat organized the reporters and protected Jiang Han as they began the interviews.
• An Eastern Isles reporter asked how Jiang Han had prepared to counter Yu Sitong, and Jiang Han praised Yu while describing her tactical adjustments.
• A French reporter asked Jiang Han for advice on contracting high-level Cat Lamps, and Jiang Han shared some tips and secrets.
• Jiang Han learned that Teacher Ji had won and worried she might be paired with her in the next round.

Jiang Han, Du Lingxuan, and Teacher Yu discussed Maria’s erratic tournament performance and her match against Kitano Shinchiko, a resourceful Archwitch who had advanced as a dark horse. The match began with a questionable serve that gave Maria little time to react, and she chose to defend while warning the referee not to repeat the trick.

• Du Lingxuan and Teacher Yu bickered before joining Jiang Han to mock Maria’s drawn-out group-stage matches and unpredictable form.
• Jiang Han and the others described Maria’s prideful public image and speculated that she had concealed tactics during the group stage.
• The commentary introduced Kitano Shinchiko, whose transformation magic, wrestling skills, and ties to Cat Lamps had helped her reach the knockout rounds and defeat Ignis.
• Maria and Shinchiko faced each other, and the referee served a spinning fireball that obscured its first bounce from Maria.
• Maria accepted the small reaction window and prepared to defend, warning that she would seek a fine if the referee repeated the serve.

Jiang Han watched Maria dominate Xin Zhizi with relentless forward pressure, revealing a level of reaction speed and spell control that stunned the spectators. Maria swept the match 4:0, and Jiang Han realized that overcoming forward-pressure opponents was essential to clearing her challenge.

• Jiang Han and the others discussed Maria's unpredictable form and her crossbow-and-gun fighting style.
• Xin Zhizi opened with an armor-piercing shot, while Maria advanced using Cat's Greased Soles.
• Maria dodged Xin Zhizi's sonic-speed force-field shove with a precisely timed dimensional leap, astonishing Jiang Han and the other spectators.
• Maria overwhelmed Xin Zhizi with rapid spells and attacks, building a 2.00 spell disadvantage before killing her to take the first round.
• Maria won the match 4:0, and Jiang Han recognized that she needed to improve her discipline against forward pressure.

After Maria’s 4–0 victory, she joined Jiang Han and Du Lingxuan for a livestream interview, where she and Jiang Han traded taunts and challenged each other. Jiang Han learned that her next opponent would be Kasha Fieldlist and prepared to practice defending against forward pressure.

• Maria appeared on the livestream after her match and joked with Du Lingxuan and Jiang Han about her aggressive tactics.
• Maria named Cat Han as the opponent she wanted next, and Jiang Han accepted the challenge while trading insults with her.
• Maria and Jiang Han praised Xin Zhizi before ending the call.
• Teacher Yu discussed Giant Cat contracts and upcoming changes to Cat Lamp abilities while preparing to take a cat for a walk.
• Jiang Han learned she would face Kasha Fieldlist next and decided she needed to practice defending against forward pressure.

Jiang Han sought advice from Teacher Ji and Teacher Yu about Kasha Fieldlister’s fighting style and how to counter her forward pressure. Teacher Ji began to offer a suggestion, but the chapter ended before she revealed it.

• Jiang Han went mountain climbing with Teacher Ji and Teacher Yu to learn about the Kasha sisters.
• Teacher Ji and Teacher Yu described Kasha Fieldlister as a formidable champion who used Abjuration, Conjuration, and Prophecy rather than Transformation.
• Teacher Ji explained that Kasha relied on forward pressure in most of her matches and tested her opponents’ reactions and reflexes.
• Teacher Ji recounted how Lin Zhaojun dodged fifty-nine of Kasha’s spells before defeating her in one wave.
• Jiang Han admitted she struggled against forward-pressure tactics, and Teacher Ji began offering her advice.

Ji Haijun proposed a mobile tactic for Jiang Han to counter aggressive forward pressure by retreating while using Giant Cats to buy time and maintaining flexible spellcasting. Jiang Han tested it with Lin Zhaojun, who called it very Counter-Strike, then claimed she had never lost a Bo7 against Kasha.

• Ji Haijun explained that Jiang Han could retreat to trade space for time by relying on her Giant Cat reserves, tough physique, and flexible use of Weather Flow.
• Yu Sitong questioned the tactic, and Jiang Han agreed it was worth trying despite its reliance on Giant Cats to delay pursuers.
• Jiang Han failed to recruit Cat Vilinde, whose mountain cat nest was closed and who only left the mountains once a week.
• Jiang Han invited Lin Zhaojun to the training room and practiced the new tactic against her.
• Lin Zhaojun called the tactic very Counter-Strike and said she had never lost a Bo7 against Kasha.