Recaps

Yu Sheng'an expanded his influence through banking, industrial production, trade, and new Internet features while drawing allies into his plans. The arc left his power spreading across Aizeya and beyond, with new political bargains underway and Chad and Geli confronting their lingering fears about their improved life.

• Yu Sheng'an recruited Baird to help overthrow the Infer Empire, bound him by contract, and assigned his clone to lead industrial development in the Kevil Empire.
• Clementine opened Internet Bank branches, and deposits surged after citizens saw their savings earn interest and nobles brought in their fortunes.
• Baird built a steam-powered factory that produced metal components and unveiled its first Bicycle, which Yu Sheng'an and Aphnora tested in Vias.
• Nancy and her team used Dragon Factory firearms to fight Orcs in the Apprentice Mage assessment, prompting Bruman to confront Dwarf King Cort over the weapons.
• Yu Sheng'an strengthened his alliance with Aphnora, launched Guild and Mercenary features, and exchanged Virtual Godheads with Phoebus to add prophecy services to the Internet.
• Yu Sheng'an negotiated access to Gregg trade with the Goddess of Wisdom by offering part of a bicycle production line, while Dwarf King Cort tried to learn the factory's technology.
• Chad reassured Geli that the God of the Internet would protect their improving life after she feared that their new Bicycle was an unaffordable luxury.

Yu Sheng'an turned Dwarf King Cort’s theft into a war that spread the Internet, enriched its users, and drew new allies into its orbit. When the God of Death launched a rival Dark Web, Yu Sheng'an investigated it and resolved to expand his user base while pursuing the Authority of Souls.

• Geli rode through Vias City with Chad, while Yu Sheng'an showed Aphnora weapons and warned that the Goddess of Wisdom might create a hidden Zerg legion.
• Dwarf King Cort stole a bicycle Production Line, giving Yu Sheng'an a pretext to attack Kazadum and send Players to plunder the Dwarves through hit-and-run raids.
• Yu Sheng'an’s war brought wealth to Players and expanded the Internet, while the Five Great Gods agreed to build a replacement network and the God of Death secretly began his own.
• Tony, Clementine, and other merchants helped spread the Internet’s banking and trade, while Caesar entered Felix Magic Academy and Asheff inspired its students to pursue Light Magic.
• Yu Sheng'an recruited Darnell with Light Magic knowledge and Source Essence, while Baron Bardma and Old Fern saw how the Internet reshaped trade and daily life.
• The Goddess of Wisdom and other Gods considered using the Internet, then learned that the God of Death had launched the Dark Web Divine Art.
• Yu Sheng'an explored the Dark Web, found that it copied much of the Internet, and tested its undead players, features, and soul-based communications.
• Yu Sheng'an found that the Contract Godhead could not block the Dark Web, realized he could pursue the Authority of Souls, and chose to expand his users on three fronts with Dillon Adam.

Yu Sheng'an used the Internet and its new Faction System to withstand the God of Death’s invasion and draw new allies into his growing network. After the victory, he expanded the system across the multiverse and won the Ironbeard Tribe away from Dwarf King Cort.

• Sawyer, God of Death, launched the Fifth Calamity’s campaign to spread the Dark Web, while Yu Sheng'an expanded the Internet and its Soul Projection Function.
• The God of Death invaded the Kevil Empire with 500 million troops, but Yu Sheng'an rallied the Four Righteous Gods and used the Domain of Light and Kevil’s Blood Shield to turn back the attack.
• Yu Sheng'an defeated the God of Death in a clash of Authorities, then chose to build the Kevil Empire rather than attack the God of Death’s Missionary Zone.
• Yu Sheng'an created the Faction System and recruited Clementine as a Subordinate God, while planning paper currency and a Mana Bank.
• Detweiler persuaded the God of Dark Night to host an Internet Bank branch, and the Faction System launched as the God of Dark Night and the Grassland God hired the Fourth Calamity.
• After the Grassland Barbarians invaded, Yu Sheng'an publicized the Fourth Calamity’s rescue efforts and planned to expand production by recruiting the Dwarves of Kazadum.
• Dwarf King Cort rejected Yu Sheng'an’s offer, but Chief Ironbeard Ken joined him and led Yu Sheng'an to the Ironbeard Tribe.
• Yu Sheng'an freed Ella and Ebo, blamed Cort for the war and their parents’ deaths, and promised the Ironbeard Tribe peace, food, Internet access, and Production Lines.

Yu Sheng'an forged the Six Righteous Gods Treaty, ended the Kevil Empire, and helped the Infer uprising establish a republic. When the Four Primal Gods crippled Infer’s runes and Falai invaded, Yu Sheng'an led a Tank and Airship campaign that liberated the Auston Line and shattered the nobles’ hopes of restoring their power.

• Yu Sheng'an launched Great Internet E-Commerce, then negotiated the Six Righteous Gods Treaty, pegging Internet Coin to Source Essence and securing permission for Internet Bank branches.
• Clementine pressed Keshan to abdicate, and Keshan ended the Kevil Empire as the Kevil Divine Kingdom abolished noble privileges under the Pillar Council.
• Rowell joined the Reduce Hours Raise Wages Movement’s assault on the Infer Palace, while Yu Sheng'an confronted the Four Primal Gods and Benjamin led the rebels to victory.
• The Four Primal Gods agreed not to intervene directly, but their actions disabled Infer’s Mechanical Steam Divine Runes as the Falai Dynasty invaded.
• Yu Sheng'an explained to Benjamin that people’s unity and belief sustained the gods, and Benjamin accepted Archid Thought as the basis for the struggle.
• Joan helped Kyle and other workers access food, education, and work-study, while Yu Sheng'an revealed a force of Floating Airships, Tanks, and steam locomotives to defend Infer.
• Yu Sheng'an’s Tanks and Airships rescued prisoners and retook the Auston Line, drawing former Infer soldiers into the fight as cities pledged allegiance to the Worker's Republic.
• Lindbergh told the captured nobles that Falai’s main force was trapped and Infer had taken the City of Sally, leaving Mardiz and Yarlin unable to continue resisting.