"I Became a Witch, but Now Everyone's in Love with Me!"

Chapter 55: The Great Sage, Bimawen, and the Battle!
 

Perhaps this fragment of the world could no longer bear such complex deductions, and time began to pass faster and faster.
Not in the way where time itself speeds up—but where entire segments are omitted, glossed over, making it hard to tell how much time has truly passed.
Of course, this was something only Jiang Cha, an outsider, could feel. To the actors on this stage, everything seemed normal.

Which only made it more absurd...
“Taotao, look at that fairy. He looks just like the dog standing next to him~”
The girl was still smiling leisurely and cutely, lounging beside the Monkey Lady and speaking with that same disrespectful tone.

“What nonsense are you spouting? That’s the famous Erlang Shen.”
The Monkey Girl retorted, sounding slightly guilty—though the look in her eyes was full of disdain.
“Hey~ You don’t want to go to heaven and become a fairy, do you?”

Jiang Cha deliberately provoked her, but this time, the Monkey Girl—who would usually laugh, insult her back, and pick up her staff—fell silent.
She had changed.
Whether it was because of the reverence she received from the new generation of monkeys after the old ones had passed… or because of the newly born, simple, innocent monkey demons who clung to her like children—

The Monkey Girl had grown a bond.
She... was now the Monkey King.
“You said... what should I do?”

Over the past decades, the Monkey Girl had raised her flag, founded her mountaintop, stolen armor from the Dragon Palace, seized the Dinghai Divine Needle, and fought recklessly to become the Demon Clan’s Great Sage.
But for the first time, she showed weakness in front of Jiang Cha—a fragile expression that hadn’t appeared even when they first met.
Her eyes were full of that stubborn flame, yet she was genuinely asking for help.

Asking this girl she could never quite figure out.
“Just do whatever you want,” Jiang Cha said, simply spreading her hands—tone still careless, almost playful.
“If you want to accept it, I can help look after your monkeys and grandkids. And if you don’t…”
“Then I’ll go with you, and we’ll fight all the gods and Buddhas in heaven.”

“Great Sage.”
The girl stood, slipping on the little leather shoes she hadn’t worn in ages. Her long black hair, red eyes, and devilish charm made her glow as she turned.
“I’ll help you. Even if it means becoming the enemy of the entire world.”

“Hahahahahahaha!!”
The Monkey Lady laughed loudly, draining a full jar of monkey wine in one go. She was about to offer Jiang Cha a cup too—but remembered she didn’t drink, and gave up.
“Not very fitting for a Great Sage to offer a girl booze, huh?”

She still remembered Jiang Cha’s teasing tone when she said that before.
“Then let’s fight! Damn gods—just a pack of dogs leashed by rules!”
“Let’s fight! A bunch of empty shells pretending to be divine—I’ve had enough of them!”

Jiang Cha grabbed the jar, downed it in one gulp, clinked it against the Monkey Girl’s, and smashed it to the ground.
The Monkey Girl’s jar was drained—but Jiang Cha’s…
“You had that much left!? What a waste! That was top-shelf monkey wine!”

“Bah! If it weren’t «N.o.v.e.l.i.g.h.t» for the atmosphere, who’d drink that swill? Not even half as good as peach juice.”
“This is why I can’t stand you. Such a damn prissy.”
“You act like you’re not a she-monkey!”

A witch and a Monkey Lady—one holding a wand, the other a heavy staff.
Two beings who should’ve never crossed paths, yet now moved in perfect harmony.
As their battle lust soared to the heavens, there was no room left for words.

80,000 heavenly soldiers. Yang Jian, the God of War.
This wasn’t a recruitment—it was a forced abdication.
The Monkey King had tolerated them for long enough. Now…

She’d had enough.
The Monkey Lady in the sky struck down three thousand heavenly soldiers with a single blow.
The witch on the ground erased two thousand with a single spell.

Two absolute lunatics—disregarding the God of War, the heavens, and everything in between.
The Monkey Queen challenged Yang Jian to a duel, while Jiang Cha tore through the rest of the celestial army.
The Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King, arriving to reinforce them, was stunned into submission by her gaze alone—crushed under her mind magic.

The other immortals watching from afar? Scared stiff by her long-range barrage.
But these weren’t the real heavenly soldiers—not even a tenth of their actual power.
This world fragment lacked the resources to replicate such divine strength. Its energy couldn’t support real gods.

And more importantly—in the real myth, the Monkey King’s early chaos in Heaven was orchestrated. Every move planned by gods far above.
But those gods didn’t exist here.
No saint’s incarnation. No hidden manipulator. Just shadows.

In a black-box world of higher-level fragments, even Jiang Cha’s master wouldn’t dare pull this stunt.
But here?
Now?

In this stage, only three beings stood supreme—Monkey Queen, Jiang Cha, and the Tathagata.
Even Yang Jian had to take a step back—because this wasn’t his story.
And after this battle… the plot truly shifted.

Bimawen no longer existed.
“Hey, Taotao.”
Jiang Cha patched up the Monkey Girl’s wounds, then leaned in—smiling with their noses nearly touching.

“Remember when I said I knew where to find the best peaches?”
“Get lost. Don’t get so close.”
The Monkey Lady flailed, trying to shove the annoying girl away. Bringing up delicious peaches in front of a monkey and then refusing to share? That alone earned a stick to the head.

She was obviously doing it to piss her off!
“Just say if you want to eat some.”
But Jiang Cha had no intention of backing off—she just chuckled.

“….”
“It’s those peaches. I didn’t mention it before because going there would’ve been suicide. But now, after this whole Heavenly Palace fiasco, their forces must be stretched thin. Lesser places will be poorly guarded. So…”
“Hey~ Taotao~ Interested in sneaking in to steal some peaches with me? The kind that extend your life. Leaving them for those gods would be a waste, but…”

Her gaze drifted to the little monkeys outside the Water Curtain Cave.
The message was clear.
“Can’t you just call them here?”

“Nope. Not with your current strength.”
Sure, Monkey Girl was powerful now—but not yet untouchable.
Jiang Cha wasn’t sure she could take on the Tathagata either. If the world's will corrected the narrative, the Buddha might be more powerful than they anticipated. Best to tread carefully.

There was still time.
“Jiang Cha, you’re like a devil tempting people.”
The Monkey Girl blinked, staring at that smug smirk on the girl’s lips.

“Yeah~ I know. So are you going or not~ Taotao~?”
“Of course I’m going! I, Old Sun, have never been afraid of gods, demons, or monsters!”