Chapter Summaries

Yu Sheng'an persuaded Cornelia to abandon her unsuccessful films and pursue stardom as the Multiverse's First Generation Diva. Cornelia eagerly agreed to sign with the Music Sanctuary, positioning her as a dragon-backed vanguard for its cultural expansion.

• Cornelia offered Yu Sheng'an a favor if he helped her make hit movies, and he watched her self-starring films about her beauty and wealth.
• Yu Sheng'an told Cornelia her films hid her potential and proposed that she become the Multiverse's First Generation Diva.
• Yu Sheng'an explained that music videos would keep Cornelia at the center of the screen and described massive concerts across the planes.
• Dillon Adam fled when Yu Sheng'an conjured illusions of Cornelia's future fans, while Cornelia became captivated by the vision.
• Yu Sheng'an presented a contract for Cornelia to sign with the Music Sanctuary and promised to assemble her a management team.

Viya left her hometown and traveled by Floating Airship to the Kevil Divine Kingdom, drawn by its laws, opportunities, and open access to Magic. She arrived in Willis City, overwhelmed by its prosperity, and set out to complete the entry paperwork.

• Viya told her mother she planned to move to Kevil, explaining that she had been admitted to Pullman Magic Academy and had arranged passage on a merchant caravan’s Floating Airship.
• Viya’s mother tried to stop her, but Viya packed her belongings and left her wages behind for her mother.
• Viya boarded the Airship to Kevil and endured a tense four-day trip, avoiding the provided meals and staying in her room through six storms.
• The Airship announced its arrival in Willis, and Viya recognized the lush farms and prosperous city from videos she had watched online.
• An Airship employee directed Viya to the City entrance paperwork area and reminded her to turn on voice translation, and Viya stepped onto foreign soil.

Viya arrived in Kevil, experienced the welcoming bustle of Willis, and learned from a Kamanite refugee about the opportunities and safety the kingdom offered. Meanwhile, the God of Death rejected a Source Essence Bank and approved a Soul Power Bank built around an alliance with the Fifth Calamity.

• Viya received a temporary residence permit and was startled when aggressive-looking crowds rushed toward her, only to realize they were competing to offer visitors rides, lodging, and work.
• Viya hired an elderly Kamanite woman to take her to Willis and heard how the Internet and Kevil had helped the woman’s family after war destroyed their home.
• The woman described factory wages, free schools, and Kevil’s evacuation efforts, then said she hoped to earn citizenship; Viya paid her ten Internet Coins and went to the city gate.
• Sawyer asked his Subordinate Gods whether the Dark Web should launch a Source Essence Bank or Soul Power Bank after the Mana Bank drew users away from the Dark Web.
• Duke warned that a Source Essence Bank could trigger harmful competition and provoke an Internet Alliance, so Sawyer turned to the Soul Power Bank instead.
• Elberta proposed an alliance with the Fifth Calamity in which users would retain ownership of their stored Soul Power, and Sawyer praised her plan and ordered a reward.

Viya and the people waiting to enter Willis learned that both the Dark Web and the Internet had launched Soul Power Banks, despite a young man’s claim that the Internet could not wield Soul Power Authority. The Internet’s launch left Sawyer and the Underworld Gods alarmed by the God of the Internet’s growing control over souls.

• Viya heard people in the city-entry queue discuss the Dark Web’s new Soul Power Bank and worried she might have to switch networks to use it.
• A black-clad youth insisted the Internet could not offer a Soul Power Bank because Soul Power Authority belonged to the God of Death, but the crowd soon saw that the Internet had launched one too.
• The workers and mercenaries mocked the youth, while Viya opened the Internet and was relieved to find its Soul Power Bank available.
• Sawyer was stunned that the Internet had launched a Soul Power Bank and could not explain how it wielded Soul Power Authority without a contract protocol.
• The Underworld Gods feared the God of the Internet’s new display of control over souls, recalling how he had taken half a Titan Soul from Sawyer during the battle over Willis.

Yu Sheng'an countered the God of Death’s Soul Power Bank with fee waivers and linked benefits before inspecting Magic Forest. Impressed by its growth, he offered Erin and several trusted technicians a major gift and prepared to show them what it was.

• Yu Sheng'an examined the Dark Web’s Soul Power Bank and announced that his Internet Soul Power Bank would waive fees and reward savers with Mana Bank fee reductions.
• Yu Sheng'an traveled to Magic Forest, where Erin, Pous, and the staff waited anxiously for his inspection.
• Yu Sheng'an arrived late, apologized to Erin, and toured the expanded laboratories and research facilities with her.
• Yu Sheng'an praised Magic Forest’s development and offered to show Erin and several trusted technicians a large gift.

Zhao Shuya struggled to feed the Sand People and defend their valley in an anti-Magic desert world while considering whether to seek help from the God of the Internet. Meanwhile, Yu Sheng'an presented Erin and the Magic Forest with a secure research complex in Dorphy Plane, leaving them poised to make it their new Second Research Institute.

• Zhao Shuya rejected abandoning the Dung Grain despite poor crops and scarce water, while Da Biao reported that the wells had hit bedrock.
• Zhao Shuya weighed replacing Scarface and entering the nobles' circles, then considered inviting the God of the Internet to help the Sand People overcome their lack of access to advanced Magic.
• Sentries warned of an enemy attack, and Zhao Shuya transformed into Gundam 78 as Da Biao and the valley's warriors charged toward the invaders.
• Yu Sheng'an brought Erin, Dorothy, and other Magic Forest members to a glass-enclosed oasis in Dorphy Plane and offered it as their new home for research.
• Yu Sheng'an explained that the complex used identity recognition powered by the Appraisal Godhead and would serve as the Magic Forest's Second Research Institute and Seed Bank.

Yu Sheng'an introduced the Second Oasis Research Institute and gave the Magic Forest new directions for improving food production with limited land and little or no Magic. After leaving the researchers eager to begin, he announced an unrestricted auction for a bicycle production line.

• Yu Sheng'an explained that Kevil's food production was limited by scarce protected farmland and a shortage of labor, and said the institute was built to address the land problem.
• Yu Sheng'an urged Erin, Dorothy, Pous, and the other researchers to explore vertical farming in glass towers and precise control of plant-growing conditions, including artificial lighting and drip irrigation.
• Erin asked Yu Sheng'an for more guidance, but he said he had no further ideas for the moment and teleported away.
• The Magic Forest's researchers resolved to pursue the new agricultural directions, while Yu Sheng'an posted an announcement auctioning a bicycle production line with no identity restrictions.

The Goddess of Luck and the Goddess of Wisdom joined forces to challenge Kevil’s bicycle monopoly, but the God of the Internet’s auction of production lines disrupted their plans. On Deep Sea Island, the Four Primal Gods decided they might use Vilia’s mechanical technology to bargain with the God of Death, though the God of Storms questioned who would benefit most.

• Dana reported that the Lava Blast Furnace had cracked bicycle chain plates and expected to begin mass production within a month, prompting the Goddess of Luck to celebrate.
• The Goddess of Luck proposed that she and the Goddess of Wisdom combine wisdom and luck to manufacture bicycles and seize the multiverse market.
• The God of the Internet announced an auction of twenty bicycle production lines, alarming the goddesses because each line could strengthen its buyer and weaken Kevil.
• Kevil’s industrialists failed to learn the reason for the auction and began scrambling to raise funds for bids.
• The Four Primal Gods recognized that the auction could lead to the spread of steam cars and debated how to profit while opposing the God of the Internet.
• The God of Mechanical Steam proposed offering Vilia’s mechanical technology to the God of Death in exchange for protection and a chance to spread steam Divine Arts, and the God of Storms challenged his motives.

Yu Sheng'an tried to persuade the gathered gods to establish an Intellectual Property Protection Council, but Sawyer, God of Death, disrupted the auction by revealing Steam Cars and offering production lines of his own. Yu Sheng'an warned that Sawyer’s mechanical power could strengthen the Fifth Calamity, then invoked the God of Mechanical Steam as the gods mocked him.

• Yu Sheng'an proposed an Intellectual Property Protection Council to protect inventions and encourage industrial development, but the gods rejected the idea.
• Sawyer, God of Death, announced that he would sell Bicycle Production Lines at a fixed price and revealed advanced Machine Tools and Steam Cars.
• Sawyer accused Yu Sheng'an of selling outdated Bicycle Production Lines to profit before Dragon Factory launched Steam Cars, turning the gods against Yu Sheng'an.
• Yu Sheng'an warned that Sawyer could equip the Fifth Calamity with Firearms, but Sawyer promised to sell Steam Car Production Lines to the other gods as well.
• As Sawyer and the gods mocked Yu Sheng'an, he asked whether they had heard of the God of Mechanical Steam.

Yu Sheng'an exposed the God of Mechanical Steam's hidden identity and Vilia's value, then undermined the gods' confidence in Divine Steam Engines by unveiling Cloud Magic Charging Ports linked to the Mana Bank. He threatened to cut off the Internet to anyone buying the Underworld Pantheon's Production Lines, and the chapter ended as a new notification appeared.

• Aphnora recognized the God of Mechanical Steam as High-Temperature Ripper, and Yu Sheng'an revealed that Vilia was a hidden Prime Plane with at least two billion people.
• Yu Sheng'an warned the gods that Divine Steam Engines let the God of Mechanical Steam drain believers' Source Essence and potentially cripple their machinery, while Sawyer defended the engines and exposed the God of Death's willingness to compromise.
• The God of Mechanical Steam demonstrated a wood-powered Divine Steam Engine, but Yu Sheng'an introduced Cloud Magic Charging Ports that let Magic Steam Engines draw mana through the Mana Bank.
• Yu Sheng'an warned that anyone who bought Production Lines from the Underworld Pantheon would lose Internet access, and he challenged the God of Death's confidence in the Dark Web.
• A new Internet notification appeared as Yu Sheng'an prepared to show the gods something even more arrogant.

Yu Sheng'an unveiled Six-Sense Immersive Movies, widening the Internet’s advantage and prompting the God of Death to attack before Aphnora and Yu Sheng'an destroyed the gods’ projections. He then revealed to Phoebus and Aphnora that he intended to invade the Underworld—and asked what would happen if he had the Fifth Calamity too.

• The gods tried the newly released Ghost Rider and discovered that Six-Sense Immersive Movies let them experience a film through all six senses.
• Yu Sheng'an taunted the God of Death, who unleashed Soul Shockwaves, but Yu Sheng'an’s defenses held and a torrent of lightning destroyed the God of Death’s Divine Projection.
• Aphnora trapped the God of Mechanical Steam in space and severed him into chunks of flesh.
• Yu Sheng'an promised the gods a fifty-fifty share of movie profits and said he would announce his rules later, leaving them to consider which faction to join.
• Yu Sheng'an asked Phoebus about his chances of invading the Underworld, then asked what would happen if he also had the Fifth Calamity.

Kurei took young Centaur hunter Yete on a long autumn hunt, gathering valuable plants with the help of the Internet and Mana Bank. Meanwhile, the Six-Sense Immersive Film "Ghost Rider" became a sensation across the multiverse, and Dragon Factory’s new Hardy Dragon Magic Bike triggered a wave of orders.

• Kurei led Yete out of the Centaur Tribe to teach him hunting, and they passed up a Spiny Boar in favor of valuable forest goods.
• Kurei brought Yete to Hundred Birds Valley, where they spent over an hour gathering plants before returning late and reporting their location to a Tribal elder.
• Yete hurried back to experience the newly released Six-Sense Immersive Film, "Ghost Rider," which stunned audiences with its chases, battles, and mechanical weapons.
• The multiverse erupted in discussion of "Ghost Rider," and users sought information about its Firearms and the protagonist’s Magic Bike.
• Dragon Factory announced the Hardy Dragon, a first-generation Magic Bike priced at 160,000 Internet Coin, and orders quickly overwhelmed its supply.

Baron Dominic rode his Hardy Dragon Magic Bike through Puran, thrilling the crowds and highlighting its practical advantages over horses. The Three Gods of Puran considered buying production lines from the God of the Internet or the God of Death, but chose to wait as the wider conflict remained unresolved.

• Dominic rode his Hardy Dragon through the streets, stopped at a firearm shop, and drew an admiring crowd.
• Dominic posed with his shotgun and cigar before riding away, while citizens and mercenaries discussed the Magic Bike’s appeal and advantages.
• The God of Fertility, the God of Plague, and the God of Misfortune examined a Hardy Dragon at the royal palace and debated the origins of its technology.
• The Three Gods of Puran favored the God of the Internet’s production line but agreed to wait before choosing a side.

Centaur Hunter Kurei joined the newly opened Conquest of Sub-Plane, which sent Players into the Underworld to fight God of Death Followers for rewards. The God of the Internet’s first proactive foreign war began as Players teleported across the Underworld from temporary resurrection points.

• After heavy snowfall trapped the Centaurs in the mountains, Kurei discovered the Conquest of Sub-Plane promotion and read that killing God of Death Followers earned Internet Coins.
• Kurei accepted the Six-Sense Sharing Contract and logged in, assembling a Centaur Skeleton Soldier body among the corpse piles in the Great Rift Valley.
• Kurei checked his missions and new features, including a summon system, weapon airdrops, and rewards for destroying God of Death Follower resurrection points.
• Kurei charged into the Teleportation Array as Players rallied to crush the Underworld, then vanished when the array activated.
• Across the Underworld, Floating Airships established temporary resurrection points and transported Players while weapons were airdropped, launching the God of the Internet’s first proactive foreign war.

Dudod led Conquer All Directions into the Underworld at the God of the Internet’s summons, as Players poured into the expanding war. Church was summoned to the battlefield and attacked an Undead Dragon while the Fourth Calamity fought across the Underworld.

• Dudod rallied the Players of Conquer All Directions and sent them aboard Floating Airships through Magic Tower No.2’s Portal to the Underworld.
• Church defeated a Kobas Burrowing Dragon in the Abyss and absorbed its soul, having grown into an Abomination Archdemon after years of battle.
• Church sensed its master’s summons and teleported to a battlefield where the Fourth Calamity fought undead forces outside an Underworld City.
• Church seized an Undead Dragon as a light pillar struck it, and the two crashed into the undead below as their Demigod-level battle began.
• Players flooded into the Underworld, matching and surpassing the Fifth Calamity’s numbers and enraging the God of Death.

The God of Death struggled to contain the Fourth Calamity as Yu Sheng'an prepared to exploit his expected assault on Kevil. Subordinate God Duke secretly warned Yu Sheng'an that Sawyer planned a surprise attack, leaving Yu Sheng'an unsure whether Duke intended to defect or spy on him.

• The God of Death raged as Fourth Calamity players and Fifth Calamity defectors helped undermine his Underworld strongholds, while Subordinate God Duke urged him to attack Kevil.
• Yu Sheng'an predicted the God of Death would copy his Home-Swap Tactic and said he could afford a prolonged war by profiting from the Underworld's resources.
• Yu Sheng'an explained to Aphnora that he controlled undead by stripping their consciousness, grafting on minds shared through players' senses, and binding them with Enslavement Contracts and curses.
• Yu Sheng'an told Aphnora to promote war songs and battle records, then noticed Subordinate God Duke had arrived for a secret meeting.
• Duke used a Magic Puppet to tell Yu Sheng'an that Sawyer planned a surprise attack on Kevil, leaving Yu Sheng'an wondering whether Duke was defecting or probing his methods.

Yu Sheng'an accepted Duke's allegiance, granted him a Virtual Godhead, and arranged for him to remain undercover until the God of Death attacked Kevil. After discussing the risks with Aphnora, Yu Sheng'an decided to use a live broadcast to intensify the conflict.

• Yu Sheng'an welcomed Duke into the Internet Pantheon and explained that Kevil's defenses and Mana Bank made the God of Death's attack difficult to sustain.
• Yu Sheng'an asked Duke for defensive maps and legion details, then offered him a Virtual Godhead in exchange for sharing the burden of governing the Underworld.
• Duke accepted the Virtual Godhead and handed over the Virtual Underworld Godhead for Yu Sheng'an to analyze before Yu Sheng'an returned it and told Duke to stay undercover until the attack on Kevil.
• Aphnora warned Yu Sheng'an that Duke might betray him, but Yu Sheng'an said he would use shared interests and the benefits of the Internet to secure Duke's loyalty.
• Yu Sheng'an said he would publicize Duke's surrender and decided to add fuel to the war through a live broadcast.

Baron Dominic and his friends raced Hardy Dragons through the Underworld, but the thrill quickly faded. After discovering Internet Live Streaming, Dominic realized he wanted fame and attention, and urged his companions to become the protagonists of Ghost Rider.

• Baron Dominic and his friends rode Hardy Dragons through the wilderness, smashing undead skeletons and a small undead legion.
• Dominic and his companions grew bored of racing and argued about whether to visit a dangerous battlefield.
• One of Dominic's companions discovered the new Internet Live Streaming feature.
• Dominic realized he wanted the glory and attention of Ghost Rider rather than merely a Magic Bike and firearm.
• Dominic urged his companions to join Internet Live Streaming and become the true protagonists of Ghost Rider, and their eyes lit up.

Dominic and his companions tried live streaming but lost their audience when Justin’s Get-Rich Guild broadcast a battle and raised gifts to summon the Demigod Fire Demon Croft. The stream’s popularity convinced Wordsworth that the God of Death had lost the advantage, while the gods reconsidered their positions and Sawyer ordered a full-scale attack on the Kevil Divine Kingdom.

• Dominic and the others started live streams, raced through the Underworld, and watched their viewers leave for the Get-Rich Guild’s more exciting battle broadcast.
• Justin used gift donations to summon Fire Demon Croft, who attacked the Fifth Calamity and drew hundreds of millions of viewers to the stream.
• Dominic and his companions decided to form a Player Guild after seeing the Get-Rich Guild’s streaming profits.
• Wordsworth watched the battle through a Puppet Proxy and concluded that Sawyer, God of Death, had lost the greater momentum.
• The gods worried about the Internet’s growing influence, while the Four Righteous Gods debated whether to intervene or exploit the war.
• Sawyer ordered Duke to abandon the Darkmoon Ring resurrection points and launch a full-scale attack on the Kevil Divine Kingdom.

Viya settled into life at Pullman Magic Academy in Tuwa City, where she found equality, security, and a close friend in Zhenia. Their ordinary morning ended when an alert announced that Underworld forces were invading the city.

• Viya greeted Grandma Alisa on her way to school and met Zhenia at the academy gates.
• Zhenia proposed livestreaming with Viya to earn money, and the two friends joked about sharing the work and profits.
• Viya reflected on how welcome and safe she felt at Pullman Magic Academy and credited the God of the Internet's protection.
• Zhenia worried that the God of Death might attack, while classmates insisted the Underworld was already losing ground.
• A surge of Magic Power silenced the classroom as a warning announced that Underworld forces were invading Tuwa City, terrifying Viya and Zhenia.