Promotion

After Yu Sheng'an and Lucia tested the Internet Divine Art and confirmed that there were no issues, they hurried off to spread and promote it!

Standing before the Ancient Castle's Teleportation Mana Well, Yu Sheng'an took a quiet breath, pondered briefly, and tossed in a hundred Mithril Rings.

A flash of teleportation light passed, and the hundred Mithril Rings vanished into the Teleportation Array.

They would appear at random throughout Willis City—the Capital City of the Kevil Empire.

This was one of the 1,026 teleportation points marked by Thorne, and also the place Yu Sheng'an had carefully selected to promote the Divine Art.

The Kevil Empire was located at the southern tip of the Aizeya Continent. Its territory was not large.

Yet it was one of the rare Magic kingdoms.

The entire Empire was built upon Magic and rejected the gods. The Five Great Gods' influence here was limited to Divine Arts; they were not even permitted to establish churches.

In fact, even Divine Arts were merely treated by mages as backup Magic.

After scattering the Mithril Rings, Yu Sheng'an sank into an agonizing wait.

He had originally planned to use the time to systematically study Magic, but he discovered that he simply could not calm down enough to learn.

An hour later, one Mithril Ring was finally activated.

Yu Sheng'an instantly located the ring and used the power of his Godhead to activate Divine Perspective.

A scene immediately appeared in his mind.

A young Magic Apprentice in white robes casually flipped through the nearly blank Internet interface, then sneered. "What fake god is this? Internet Divine Art? What a joke!"

As soon as he spoke, he casually crushed the Mithril Ring.

Crushed it...

"You bastard—" Yu Sheng'an's expression froze, and he could not help cursing, "Just you wait! If you've got the balls, don't ever get online for the rest of your life!"

Before Yu Sheng'an could finish roaring, the Mithril Rings he had scattered began activating one after another.

No longer caring about the highly symbolic first user, Yu Sheng'an hurriedly checked on the others.

To his surprise, not long after they were activated, those Mithril Rings were shut down one after another.

Quite a few were even casually dismantled back into raw materials.

Yu Sheng'an was dumbfounded. He could no longer even work himself into a rage.

His face darkened.

Something was wrong!

According to his expectations, he did not dare hope for an explosive hit, but at the very least, the first people to find the Mithril Rings should have treasured them like priceless artifacts!

Although this world had alternatives for communication, such as Magic letters, owl messengers, and lightning messengers, none of that could conceal the convenience of the Internet's real-time contact, could it?

Families, friends, Trade Associations, mercenaries, kingdoms... what situation would not need it?

Where exactly had things gone wrong?

Just as Yu Sheng'an was unable to make sense of it, another Mithril Ring was activated.

Yu Sheng'an instinctively looked over and saw a young girl curiously fiddling with the social page. With a face full of wonder, she said, "Wow, this looks like fun! Brother, engrave one too. Let's see if we can chat!"

Before she finished speaking, the young man beside her changed expression. He snatched the Mithril Ring away and scolded her, "Have you forgotten what the teacher taught us? Whoever uses a Divine Art will be watched by a god!"

Before he could finish, Divine Perspective abruptly cut off. Yet Yu Sheng'an shuddered, realization flashing in his eyes!

No wonder no one used the Internet Divine Art. So this was where the root of the problem lay!

Put simply, they were afraid of exposing their privacy!

Yet despite finding the reason, Yu Sheng'an could not feel happy at all.

Because this problem would be very difficult for him to solve.

Those unafraid of being watched by gods were probably only believers.

They might even be eager for a god's attention!

The question was, could he preach?

Even if he brought over all kinds of time-tested doctrines from Blue Star, the Five Great Gods would probably label him an Evil God Heretic and casually wipe him out before he could even begin spreading them!

For a moment, Yu Sheng'an fell silent.

He had been beaten by society too little!

He had thought that a transmigrator only needed to casually bring out something ahead of its time to shock everyone and dominate the world in minutes.

But reality was so cruel!

Yu Sheng'an had a feeling that even if he forced its promotion, the Internet Divine Art would at most see use within a small circle.

Those with the means would rather use expensive Magic tools than accept his Internet Divine Art.

If he wanted to rise, perhaps the only path was to endure.

But no matter what, that was not something Yu Sheng'an wanted to see.

He was too weak. Aside from his Godhead, he was merely an ordinary man.

If the Five Great Gods found this place, he would likely have no power to resist.

He still wanted to return home—more than that, he wanted to return in glory!

So he needed power, and he needed it quickly!

Obtaining Source Essence, using it to drive the Godhead, and thereby gaining power indirectly was the fastest route he could think of.

At least it was far easier than cultivating Magic.

Yu Sheng'an let out a breath and turned away from the Teleportation Mana Well.

He began wandering aimlessly through the Ancient Castle. His mind seemed blank, yet also full of endless thoughts.

Whenever he thought over a problem, he liked to pace back and forth.

He could not understand why so many people on Blue Star had clearly submitted to software stealing their privacy, yet it did not work in this world.

Other than believers, was there no other solution?

Under what circumstances would someone know full well that using a Divine Art would draw a god's attention, yet still use it without hesitation?

The moment that question surfaced, Yu Sheng'an abruptly stopped. A bright glint burst into his eyes.

He had thought of a solution!

From afar, Lucia noticed Yu Sheng'an's gloomy expression.

After thinking it over, she quietly returned to her room and pretended not to know anything.

She decided that unless Yu Sheng'an summoned her, she would not appear before him except to deliver the necessary three meals.

Because she could tell that Yu Sheng'an was in a terrible mood.

If she had guessed correctly, the Internet Divine Art's spread was not going well!

Come to think of it, that Internet Divine Art could neither attack, nor defend, nor provide any enhancement.

In this crisis-ridden world, it would be stranger if it could spread successfully!

So it was best not to appear before him right now, lest she provoke him and suffer misfortune for no reason.

Though he had always seemed very gentle before, had her Cousin Brother not always seemed refined and courteous as well?

In the end, for the sake of a title, he had slaughtered her entire family just because he said he would.

Back in her room, Lucia grew somewhat bored.

The Ancient Castle was vast, but aside from its master, she was the only intelligent being within it.

That was because her former master, Thorne, had been a Magic God. He trusted Magic Golems more than any other living creature.

She even somewhat missed the days when her old master Thorne had still been around.

He always had endless Magic projects to research and would always assign her all kinds of tasks, so she had always been busy.

Sometimes, she could even leave the Ancient Castle to purchase Magic materials. Those were also the times when she had been happiest.

Now, everything had changed. She had become idle instead, and only felt lonelier.

Cultivation?

Forget it!

Her fate had long been bound to the Ancient Castle. If the Ancient Castle collapsed, she would die. Whether she cultivated or not meant little. She was merely a Ghost.

Time passed quickly.

One day, Lucia came to the Library. Looking at the dozen or so travel journals and poetry books she had already read to tatters, she thought for a moment before gritting her teeth and taking down a Magic book to pass the time with in her room.

Yet without any internal drive, she quickly lost interest in the profound and obscure Magic book.

Amid her boredom, her attention somehow drifted to the ring on her index finger.

It was the Mithril Ring her new master, Yu Sheng'an, had created to carry the Internet Divine Art.

She wore it only to express her loyalty.

After some thought, she activated the Internet Divine Art.

Yu Sheng'an was the only person on her friends list, added during their test.

She knew Yu Sheng'an had not sent her a message, but she still logged in out of habit to take a look.

But when the illusory scroll interface opened, several new window buttons that had suddenly appeared on it left her stunned.

Forum?

Library?

What the hell were these?