Reinforcements! The widening war!

Ten hours flashed by.

The sun rose above the eastern horizon where sea met sky, then descended, tracing a complete arc over the Redstone Archipelago before finally sinking beneath the gray-blue sea to the west.

Dusk crept in from the east, swallowing the outlines of the main island and its surrounding satellite islands layer by layer. Only a thin strip of dark orange afterglow remained in the west, but the light on the islands did not dim with it. Bright rune lamps all lit up as night fell.

Cold white light spread from the summit of the highlands all the way to the coastline, illuminating this newly occupied land as brightly as day.

Yang Wenqing had received no new combat orders during those ten hours. His current task was clear: expand the landing pads and establish a temporary port and Warehouse District to support the arrival of follow-up forces and the transfer of supplies.

He had not left the flagship's Command Center in all ten hours. Through communication links and data transmitted from the front, he continuously tracked developments on the northern, central, and southern battlefields. The fighting was currently deadlocked, and for the attacking side, a deadlock meant a disadvantage!

Unlike the fighting at the front, the Redstone Archipelago changed almost every second. With the help of thousands of Qi Refinement Practitioners, broad swaths of forest had already been cleared from the main island and its surrounding satellite islands.

Rows of wooden buildings rose along the highland slopes and coastline. The light barriers of Protective Formations had lit up across the area, watchtowers stood at every key location, and Monitoring Formations ran continuously atop them.

As for the settlements of rogue cultivators and scattered residents previously on the islands, they had largely been cleared out during the daytime sweep.