Arc 48The Anse War Begins

Jiang Han assembled a transport force of Giant Cat Lamps, Dragon Turtles, and servant armies as the witches prepared to attack the Anse Elves. After Olivia stole Anse’s sun, the witches began their assault, and Lilith broke through a section of the Ringworld city wall.

  • Jiang Han arranged to buy a share of the pine oil trade from Ovi and learned that war with the Anse Elves was nearly certain.
  • Jiang Han recruited Li Li and her Dragon Turtles for the transport effort, secured supplies and rewards, and prepared Giant Cat Lamps to support the campaign.
  • Jiang Han learned the Dark Lake Rune from Diena and helped Angelite prepare for the war as the Witch Agency and Great Witch Council approved the campaign.
  • Jiang Han and Li Li passed recruitment, traveled to Anse II Plane, and established a camp at Moon Bay Floating Island with their witches and servant armies.
  • Gracie Tidesong urged alien leaders to unite against the witches while Jiang Han’s camp prepared its defenses and provisions.
  • Olivia destroyed an Anse satellite city, took the sun, and vanished through a portal with it, leaving Jiang Han and Li Li staring at the darkened sky.
  • Jiang Han organized her transport team and prepared it to cross the battlefield under red camouflage, while Cat Inis gave her the Eye of the Giant Cat.
  • Jiang Han watched the witches’ army assemble in the sky as Lilith transformed into a dragon and demolished part of the Anse Elves’ Ringworld wall.
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Ch. 1178Pine Oil Shares

Jiang Han learned that pine oil production could not be expanded easily and asked about buying into the trade, while Ovi pointed her toward the Sea River Giant Cats. The discussion shifted to the Anse Elves, and Ovi said the Giant Cat Lamps should show their strength on the battlefield.

  • Jiang Han soaked her tail in pine oil and asked whether the trees could be grown on Giant Cat Island.
  • Ovi explained that pine oil trees required exceptionally powerful earth veins and that Xuelun Curie had only managed to develop nutrient mixtures for most Giant Cats.
  • Ovi agreed to secretly skim pine oil from Vera, then identified Mao Yeya of the Sea River Giant Cats as the cat handling the trade routes.
  • Jiang Han asked to buy a share, and Ovi said she could obtain about three-thousandths by paying with Cat Gems or Witch Gold.
  • Jiang Han said she would speak with the interested giant cats and noted that Giant Cat Island needed pine oil for its residents.
  • Ovi asked about the Anse Elves and said the Giant Cat Lamps should demonstrate their power on the battlefield.

Ch. 1179Anse and the Witches

Olivia explained that the witches were preparing for an almost certain war with the Anse Elves, who had sealed their main plane and chosen a direct confrontation. Jiang Han was assigned to organize Giant Cat Lamp logistics, and she left to arrange the transport teams.

  • Jiang Han asked whether Giant Cats would fight alongside the witches, and Olivia said they would provide logistical support while Histeria and Du Lingxuan led breakthrough operations.
  • Olivia said war was 99 percent certain because the Anse Elves had fortified Anse II Plane, blocked access routes, and destroyed multiverse connections to prevent the witches from reaching their main plane.
  • Jiang Han reflected that both sides could have fled but had instead chosen a head-on battle that would devastate their servant armies.
  • Olivia explained anti-magic fields and the dangers witches faced on real battlefields, while Ovi reassured Jiang Han that Cat Lamps could escape into the Cat Netherworld.
  • Olivia told Jiang Han to gather Giant Cat Lamps and transport teams the next day, and agreed that she could recruit others to help carry supplies.
  • Jiang Han agreed to make the arrangements.

Ch. 1180Transport Convoy

Jiang Han recruited Li Li and her Dragon Turtles for a Witch Agency transport convoy supporting the campaign in the Anse II Plane. After learning that Eileen had funded a generous reward pool, Jiang Han discovered Ovi’s secret assignment: stealing the Anse Elves’ sun.

  • Jiang Han called Li Li, who agreed to bring reliable Dragon Turtles and registration documents for the transport convoy.
  • Jiang Han reviewed the Witch Agency’s contract for transporting supplies and servant armies, supporting battles, and carrying injured soldiers back to supply points.
  • Ovi revealed that Eileen and Big Eileen had persuaded the Sunshine Girl to provide three treasure vaults as convoy rewards.
  • Jiang Han swore not to reveal Ovi’s secret, and Ovi told her that Eileen had hired her to steal the Anse Elves’ sun.

Ch. 1181Dragon Park

Jiang Han visited Li Li’s revived Dragon Park, where Li Li explained how her family had modernized their ancestral staffs and signed Jiang Han’s contract. Li Li then showed Jiang Han the institute and its newly bred Dragon Turtles, which Jiang Han left her to choose.

  • Jiang Han visited Li Li’s prosperous estate and greeted her with a close forehead touch.
  • Li Li explained that her family had rebuilt their ancestors’ staffs with modern technology to make a powerful new set.
  • Jiang Han sampled Li Li’s warmed yellow wine and dragon meat rolls, then had Li Li sign the contract and made it effective with magic.
  • Li Li offered to let Jiang Han choose Dragon Turtles, and Jiang Han asked her to handle the selection.
  • Li Li toured Jiang Han around the Ecological Dragon Garden and showed her the newly developed magnetically levitating Dragon Turtles.

Ch. 1182Small Team, Massive Payload

Jiang Han persuaded Li Li to provide Dragon Turtles for a battlefield transport corps by explaining how a small, high-payload team could avoid attracting attacks. Li Li agreed after Jiang Han promised to compensate her family for losses exceeding twenty turtles with load-bearing Cat Spiders.

  • Li Li argued that sixty Dragon Turtles could carry enough supplies and tow heavy spell electromagnetic cannons, while Jiang Han insisted on deploying at least a hundred.
  • Jiang Han explained that two hundred transport creatures could carry a large payload while appearing small enough to be overlooked by the Anse Elves.
  • Li Li worried that losing more than thirty percent of her family's recovering Dragon Turtles would cause serious harm.
  • Jiang Han offered to sell Li Li one load-bearing Cat Spider for every Dragon Turtle lost beyond twenty, with interest-free credit payable within two years.
  • Li Li accepted Jiang Han's offer and agreed to join the battlefield transport effort.

Ch. 1183Cat Lamp Appreciation Festival

Jiang Han and Angelite attended the Cat Lamp Appreciation Festival, where they bought a rare Void Cat Lamp and settled by Glow Lake with the Sleeping Cat Lamps. A newspaper revealed that Eileen's proposed campaign against the Anse Elves had been approved, bringing war closer.

  • Jiang Han and Angelite went to the festival with four Sleeping Cat Lamps stacked on Jiang Han's head, and Jiang Han gave Sha'er Lamp to Angelite to carry.
  • Jiang Han bought a rare alien cat lamp, which Ovi identified as a Void Cat Lamp and named a Flying Saucer Cat Lamp.
  • Jiang Han, Angelite, and the Sleeping Cat Lamps settled by Glow Lake, where Angelite sketched and the cats ate snacks.
  • The Sleeping Cat Lamps demanded hotpot, so Jiang Han ordered an extra-large giant-cat-portion hotpot set.
  • Jiang Han read that Eileen's proposed campaign against the Anse Elves had passed reviews and received approval from the Witch Agency and allied witch assemblies.

Ch. 1184Sofia School

Jiang Han and Olivia watched a giant-cat-sized hotpot arrive, then joined the Sleeping Cat Lamps in eating as Jiang Han admired its alchemical heating technique. She met Yi Min, an alchemist of the Sophia school, and introduced herself as an alchemist with no name and no school.

  • Jiang Han and Olivia teased each other while waiting for their extra-large giant cat hotpot.
  • A civilian tank and miniature crane delivered a huge, mechanically anchored hotpot and poured in a container of sliced beef.
  • Vera Lamp and Olivia hurried to the clay pot to eat, while Jiang Han watched the hotpot's cooking mechanism with fascination.
  • The tank's driver brought Jiang Han osmanthus brew and introduced herself as Yi Min, an alchemist of the Sophia school.
  • Jiang Han identified herself as an alchemist with no name and no school.

Ch. 1185Cat Wants-It-All School

Jiang Han bought osmanthus brew from Yi Min and asked Anjie and Olivia for access to the Sofia School’s alchemy studies. Anjie agreed to help, while Jiang Han planned to learn without taking a mentor before heading to the battlefield.

  • Jiang Han told Yi Min she had taught herself alchemy, then bought the freshly made osmanthus brew for 219 yuan.
  • Olivia knocked Sha'er Lamp into the water with her tail, ruining Angelite’s painting before joining the picnic.
  • Jiang Han asked Angelite and Olivia how she could obtain study materials from the Sofia School.
  • Anjie explained that she could arrange for Jiang Han to meet Sophia Calicia, but warned that Sophia prioritized money above all else.
  • Jiang Han clarified that she only wanted to study Sophia’s alchemy school without joining it, and asked Anjie for help.

Ch. 1186Exchange of Knowledge

Jiang Han advanced her alchemy studies and exchanged knowledge with Olivia, learning the Dark Lake Rune. Olivia brought Diena Lamp to teach Jiang Han how to use it, leaving Diena reluctantly assigned as Olivia’s substitute instructor.

  • Angelite taught Jiang Han about enchanting, while Olivia, Vera, and Sha'er described deceptive practices in the premium Sleeping Cat Lamp trade.
  • Angelite wandered the fields to work on her art, while Olivia took Jiang Han racing and exchanged knowledge with her.
  • Jiang Han learned the Dark Lake Rune from Olivia in exchange for teaching her the Nightmare Extractor’s principles and core spell equations.
  • Olivia arrived with the newly appeared Diena Lamp and ordered her to teach Jiang Han the Dark Lake Rune and Dark Lake Water Concealment.
  • Diena reluctantly agreed to teach Jiang Han while Olivia prepared to leave the work to her.

Ch. 1187Establishing Communication

Jiang Han struggled to communicate with Diena while learning about the Dark Lake Rune, until they found a way to exchange questions and explanations through a notebook. As Jiang Han grasped the rune’s powers, she realized how formidable the boss cats’ abilities—and her nightmare-refining machine—might be.

  • Diena repeated her explanation of the Dark Lake Rune without responding to Jiang Han, leaving Jiang Han unable to follow her lesson.
  • Jiang Han wrote her questions in a notebook, and Diena began answering them by writing and speaking softly.
  • Jiang Han gradually learned that the Dark Lake Rune could raise a spell’s power ceiling and enable shadow-mana spells and storage.
  • Jiang Han recognized that the boss cats’ three great runes formed a powerful trump card and reconsidered the value of her nightmare-refining machine.

Ch. 1188The Witch Gathering References

Jiang Han explored how Dark Lake runes made shadow magic stable enough to store powerful spells, while Angelite returned from gathering references for artwork about cat lamps. Angelite remained unsure how to find a suitable cat lamp model, and Ovi struck her with a Cat Cup after Angelite dismissed her as a Cat Lamp Witch rather than a cat lamp.

  • Jiang Han tested the stability of shadow magic and explained how she could store thousands of Olivia's Evil Cat Solarflare Blasts in shadows.
  • Angelite returned home after a fruitless afternoon gathering references, and Jiang Han offered ways for her to relax.
  • Angelite drank Jiang Han's sweet soup and said she was gathering material for artwork requested by Chaos Elemental Witches who had joined the witch family.
  • Angelite explained that she had found a way to depict a witch's individuality but could not find a suitable cat lamp model among the Sleeping Cat Lamps.
  • Ovi protested when Angelite said a Cat Lamp Witch would not count as a cat lamp, then hit Angelite on the head with her Cat Cup.

Ch. 1189The Proposal That Passed

Angelite used the Cat Lamps’ anonymous opinion network while watching the news with Jiang Han, then learned that the Witch Agency and Great Witch Council had approved a war against the Anse Elves. The chapter ended with witches showing unanimous support for the campaign, which was set to begin the next day.

  • Angelite asked Jiang Han to prepare a water-filled Burrow Bed, and Jiang Han had giant cats modify it before placing it above the hot spring waterfall.
  • Angelite told Jiang Han that she needed the Cat Lamps’ intelligence network to monitor witches’ approval ratings, and she ordered Olivia to limit the cats’ surveillance to anonymous opinion surveys.
  • Olivia reported that eighty-one percent of witches were watching the news as Angelite waited for the announcement.
  • The news reported that the Witch Agency and Great Witch Council had approved a war against the Anse Elves, with Eileen scheduled to open portals in twenty-eight major cities the following day.
  • Olivia reported that one hundred percent of witches supported or strongly supported the war, and the news announced that recruits had to have jobs and use paid leave.

Ch. 1190Recruitment Office

Jiang Han and Li Li prepared to register for an invasion of Anse II Plane and arrived at the South City recruitment office, where a long queue awaited them. Li Li expected to wait through the night before they could head to the plane and choose a base.

  • Jiang Han explored Stone Pool Lake Sky Island while waiting for Li Li, sampled its local tomatoes, and saw a witch get knocked into the water by a wild water buffalo.
  • Jiang Han met the fully equipped Li Li, and they reviewed their supplies and plans to establish a camp on the island chain around Anse II Plane.
  • Jiang Han and Li Li reached the recruitment office and found hundreds of people waiting in line.
  • Li Li said they had arrived early enough to reach Anse II Plane around nine or ten that night, then offered Jiang Han a seat and a game of Fox Fox Soul.

Ch. 1191Little Lord

Jiang Han adapted to Marite Racing’s new systems and questioned why the witches’ military forces seemed so loosely organized. Li Li explained that witches had always fought through a decentralized, lord-based system, helping Jiang Han recognize the primitive social structure behind their society.

  • Jiang Han struggled to control her race car under Marite Racing’s new weather and collision systems, then decided to buy a professional steering wheel controller.
  • A witch in a recruitment-office uniform startled Jiang Han before offering her and Li Li fried chicken meals.
  • Jiang Han asked Li Li why Eileen did not assemble a professional army from the Silver Knights and the Witch Agency’s forces.
  • Li Li explained that powerful witches traditionally gathered their own subordinates and servant armies alongside other witches and their forces.
  • Jiang Han concluded that witches were essentially petty lords, with subordinate witches and servant armies filling the roles of retainers and soldiers.

Ch. 1192Portal

Jiang Han and Li Li completed their enlistment for the Anse II campaign and received access cards after their documents and servant creatures passed inspection. They arrived at Eileen’s newly built White Snow Lake portal, where their convoys were still on the way.

  • Jiang Han and Li Li submitted their contracts, identification, and servant army records for review at the recruitment office.
  • Jiang Han described the Cat Spider subspecies, and the counter witch verified its certification and ecological report through the Witch intranet.
  • Jiang Han and Li Li passed recruitment and received access cards for the Anse II Plane intranet and portal.
  • Jiang Han and Li Li traveled to White Snow Lake Sky Island, where Eileen had funded a new portal after the South City Witch Association refused to build one at Snow Phoebe Lake.
  • Jiang Han photographed giant cats being punished beneath a free-petting sign, then asked Li Li when their convoys would arrive.
  • Li Li said her convoy would arrive in forty or fifty minutes and suggested buying watermelon juice, prompting Jiang Han to tell her to pay.

Ch. 1193Coordination

Jiang Han and Li Li prepared their armies for a campaign in the outer layer of the Anse II Plane, while Jiang Han’s Cat Spiders nearly started a fight with Li Li’s Dragon Turtles. They organized their troops and equipment before lining up for administrative processing and teleportation.

  • Jiang Han learned that his Cat Spiders wanted to fight the Dragon Turtles because they disliked their confident gait, shell color, and slow pace.
  • Jiang Han ordered a Lantern Ghost Giant Cat to calm the Cat Spiders and Dragon Turtles with extra food and a limited amount of ale.
  • Jiang Han and Li Li discussed their fortress arrangements, including the Dragonkin Legion’s barracks beside the skeleton graves and the troops’ living areas.
  • Li Li reported that her witches and Witch employees were experienced, while Jiang Han said he had bought six camp trailers and brought eight Giant Cat Lamps to coordinate the servant army.
  • Li Li envied Jiang Han’s Giant Cat Lamps and recalled how one had helped chromatic dragons and Gem Dragons rest together.

Ch. 1194Within the Dimension

Jiang Han and her forces traveled through a strange dimension during teleportation, where she endured the passage’s effects and encountered other powerful witches. The journey continued toward the Anse II Plane.

  • Jiang Han's mobile fortress and army entered the teleportation station and began their journey.
  • Jiang Han used magic to withstand the transition and observed the strange dimension, while her companions remained frozen.
  • Jiang Han spotted other fortress vehicles and airships, including top-tier witches who stayed active through the passage.
  • Two sorceress witches recognized Jiang Han and advised her to close her eyes and use magic to ease the strain.
  • Jiang Han followed their advice and gained a clearer sense of magic before the spatial point set course for the Anse II Plane.

Ch. 1195Under the Starry Sky

Jiang Han and the witches arrived at the Anse II Plane, where the witch forces surrounded the Anse Elves’ heavily fortified realm. The Anse Elves fired a superweapon at every teleportation point, but Eileen blocked the attack across the galaxy.

  • Jiang Han arrived at the transfer station with Li Li and the Giant Cat Lamps, then drove the mobile fortress through the gate.
  • A broom-riding witch introduced the Anse II Plane and explained how the Anse Elves had fortified its walls with servant-army cities.
  • Jiang Han saw the witches’ vast encirclement and the probing bombardments exchanged between the witches and the Anse Elves.
  • The Anse Elves fired a powerful weapon at every teleportation point, shaking Jiang Han’s celestial body.
  • Eileen blocked the attack with her immense mana, shielding the teleportation points across the galaxy.

Ch. 1196Moon Bay Floating Island (Part 1)

Jiang Han assessed Anse’s strength after Eileen escaped an ambush, then arrived with Lilith at the Moon Bay Floating Island camp. She arranged provisions and a communications group so the witches could follow news from Earth.

  • Jiang Han observed that the Anse Elves had trapped Eileen in a pocket of space and attacked her with corrupted Hamster Ball pseudo-gods, but Eileen broke free and took some Hamster Balls with her.
  • Jiang Han told Lilith about Eileen’s encounter and discussed how unusual it was for an outside race to dare scheme against a Great Witch.
  • Lilith said she had brought her Sky Island to the war and recalled defeating the Oletel Clan for provoking Great Witches.
  • Jiang Han’s mobile fortress reached Moon Bay Floating Island, where she inspected the camp’s crescent-shaped terrain and living conditions.
  • Jiang Han told Song Ying to arrange extra provisions for the witches and servant army and to create a communications group for news from Earth.

Ch. 1197Moon Bay Floating Island (Part 2)

Jiang Han and Li Li set up a mobile fortress camp by Crescent Bay and planned a quiet buffet so the exhausted witches could relax together. As the witches and cats finished preparing the camp, Cat Spiders bit tails and heads, causing comic mishaps that reassured Jiang Han they were sturdy enough to survive battlefield accidents.

  • Jiang Han unfolded and anchored the mobile fortress, turning it into a small camp with housing and ranch equipment.
  • Li Li suggested a bonfire party, but Jiang Han proposed a quiet buffet and a chance for the witches to relax and strengthen their bonds.
  • Jiang Han and Li Li watched witches, sorceresses, and giant cats prepare a reservoir and hot-spring area by Crescent Bay.
  • A Cat Spider bit a Cat Lamp's tail, and the giant cat dragged it into the water before it let go.
  • A Cat Spider bit a draconic witch's tail, and she dove into the water with it until it released her.
  • Jiang Han watched Cat Spiders bite more giant cats and concluded their toughness would reduce battlefield casualties and preserve her earnings.

Ch. 1198Witch's Enemy

Adele Stormsong and Gracie Tidesong worked to rally alien races into an alliance against the witches, while the Anse Elves prepared for the witch army's attack. Gracie met privately with a plump, furry creature, and their conversation began.

  • Adele Stormsong sensed a witch's aura and met Gracie Tidesong as Gracie urged alien leaders to unite against the witches.
  • Gracie told Adele that the Anse Elves had to build an alliance because their people were exhausted and many welcomed destruction by the witches.
  • Adele reported that other races would attack witch vassal states but hesitated to fight the witches directly, while the Gray Devils offered a fleet of roughly six million soldiers.
  • Gracie authorized Adele to show the visiting races the Anse armory to strengthen their confidence in the alliance.
  • The Anse Archon opened a bottle of wine and invited a plump, furry creature inside to begin their meeting.

Ch. 1199Stealing the Sun

Jiang Han and Li Li discussed the coming attack on the Anse Elves and wondered how to overcome their sunlit battlefield. Olivia then crushed the elves’ satellite defenses, wrapped the sun in her nine tails, and disappeared with it.

  • The Angler Giant Cat Lamp caught a red fish, and Jiang Han confirmed it was radioactive before suggesting they fry it.
  • Li Li told Jiang Han that the landing had been moved to the Anse Elves’ daytime and questioned how their forces would handle the heat and sunlight.
  • Jiang Han joked that they might steal the sun, while Li Li explained that the elves had built satellite cities to protect it.
  • Olivia unleashed her power near the sun and destroyed the Anse Elves’ satellite city.
  • Olivia appeared as a giant Sleeping Cat Lamp, coiled her nine tails around the sun, and vanished through a portal with it.
  • Li Li and Jiang Han stared at the darkened sky in disbelief.

Ch. 1200Great Witch Strategy Meeting

Lilith, Eleanor, Josephine, and Dinesha gathered in the Witch Galaxy’s tower to plan an invasion of the Anse II Plane after Olivia stole Anse’s sun and moon. The witches settled on a coordinated four-direction attack beginning in six hours.

  • Lilith waited with Eleanor, who mocked how easily Olivia had taken Anse’s sun, and Lilith argued that the war was not carefree.
  • Lilith entered the council chamber and found Josephine and Dinesha already there; Dinesha questioned why so many Great Witches were joining the campaign.
  • Josephine said the force appeared excessive for defeating the Anse Elves, while Eleanor confirmed that a conspiracy was underway but would not affect their results.
  • Eleanor outlined a plan for the four witches to attack from four directions, land in six hours, capture the first ring of city walls, and establish a camp.
  • Lilith admitted that she had been distracted, then listened to Eleanor’s plan and committed it to memory.

Ch. 1201A Little Transport Meeting

Jiang Han gathered the witches to plan how to transport their servant armies as they prepared to attack Anse after Olivia stole its sun. By the end of the meeting, the convoy was organized and ready to depart.

  • Jiang Han told Li Li that Olivia had stolen Anse's sun and that the command headquarters would likely soon order an assault.
  • Jiang Han convened the witches and explained that they needed to minimize losses among their servant armies during transport.
  • Jiang Han asked Cat Delade how to keep the violent Cat Spiders under control, and Cat Delade proposed giving them fake giant cat tails to play with.
  • Jiang Han demanded a fully reliable plan and organized the witches' suggestions, sending the Giant Cat Lamps and Li Li to test ideas.
  • Jiang Han's meeting turned the convoy from a disorganized gathering into a prepared team ready to depart.

Ch. 1202Landing Battle (Part 1)

Jiang Han watched the witches’ army begin its assault on the Anse II Plane through a Cat Lamp wonder. Lilith destroyed one side of the Anse Elves’ Ringworld city wall with her dragon breath.

  • Jiang Han surveyed the battlefield and prepared her transport team, which used red camouflage cloth to avoid Anse Elf artillery.
  • Cat Inis gave Jiang Han the Eye of the Giant Cat, letting her view the battlefield through a Cat Lamp’s perspective.
  • Jiang Han activated the wonder and observed the witches’ army spread across the sky in a teleportation formation.
  • Lilith transformed into a dragon and unleashed her Great Witch magic, demolishing one side of the Anse Elves’ Ringworld city wall.
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