Chapter Summaries

Yu Sheng'an celebrated Darnell’s breakthrough and used the Pantheon’s territorial disputes to strengthen his influence while planning a news section to shape public opinion. After Lucia accepted responsibility for its international coverage, Yu Sheng'an launched a new Internet feature to increase user engagement before the God of the Sea created his own network.

• Yu Sheng'an learned that Darnell had reached the realm of the Magic God and felt relieved to have gained more top-tier strength.
• Phoebus delivered a map of the gods’ territories, and Yu Sheng'an approved the disputed regions being set aside for joint development.
• Yu Sheng'an ordered Phoebus to build the Pantheon’s headquarters in Xia Capital, positioning it as a political center for the multiverse.
• Yu Sheng'an put Lucia in charge of the news section’s International Section and instructed her to guide public opinion without compromising the news’ credibility.
• Worried about retaliation from the God of the Sea, Yu Sheng'an opened the Internet backend and launched a new feature to accelerate user engagement.

After the Weather Station closed and Emily left for Willis, Geli grieved over losing her chance to say goodbye, but Emily called with news of Pantheon recruitment and urged her to apply. Chad and Geli celebrated their renewed connection, then Chad opened the Internet to search for folk remedies and reacted in shock.

• Chad found Geli crying because the Weather Station had closed and Emily had hurried back to Willis.
• Chad comforted Geli by reminding her that jobs were plentiful and they could visit Emily by Airship.
• Emily video-called Geli and told her that the God of the Internet was recruiting staff for the Pantheon, urging her to apply.
• Geli and Chad became intimate, then talked about their difficulty having a child.
• Chad opened the Internet to search for folk remedies and blurted out in shock.

The Internet launched Internet Healthcare, allowing users to check their health and receive treatment recommendations. Its reports revealed that Charlie had a reproductive health problem, while across the multiverse the service helped women challenge unfair blame for infertility and ignited disputes in many families.

• Geli and Charlie used Internet Healthcare for full-body checks, and Geli's report showed mostly normal results with poor gastrointestinal function.
• Geli saw a warning about Charlie's reproductive health and teased him after the report offered treatment recommendations.
• A village teacher used a health report to confront an old woman who blamed her daughter-in-law for not conceiving, explaining that her son had a treatable problem.
• Internet Healthcare gave women a way to prove they were not responsible for infertility, while its reports and paternity tests also sparked family disputes across the multiverse.
• Internet Healthcare's popularity surged throughout the multiverse, surpassing discussion of the Pantheon.

Riley’s clinic had lost its patients after Internet Healthcare spread, but he regained hope when a family sought his help setting a broken leg and told him he could register his clinic online. Riley began reviewing the registration instructions, realizing Internet Healthcare offered a way for skilled physicians to find patients.

• Mrs. Riley berated Riley for grinding herbs and blamed him for their poverty after Internet Healthcare drove patients away.
• A crowd brought Riley a young man with a badly broken leg, and Riley successfully set the bone using his battlefield-honed skills.
• The patient’s family used Internet Healthcare to confirm the bone was back in place, and Riley advised them to follow its treatment recommendations.
• The patient’s older brother told Riley he could register his clinic on Internet Healthcare after passing an oath review.
• Riley opened the physician-registration instructions, and he and Mrs. Riley eagerly considered the opportunity.

Yu Sheng'an visited Wordsworth to propose an alliance and a sharing of the Appraisal and Transformation Authorities, offering him the title of God of Wealth. Wordsworth remained wary and asked for three days to consider, while the God of Plague also grew suspicious of Yu Sheng'an's arrival elsewhere.

• Wordsworth experienced Internet Healthcare and regretted never using the Appraisal Godhead for health checks during his time as the God of Appraisal.
• Yu Sheng'an appeared in Buniel Plane outside Styles Cathedral, and Wordsworth sent a Divine Projection to meet him.
• Yu Sheng'an proposed an alliance with Wordsworth and offered to share the Appraisal and Transformation Authorities while giving him the title of God of Wealth.
• Yu Sheng'an explained that he planned to use Wealth Authority's 3D Printing technology to improve Internet Healthcare and support manufacturing and other fields.
• Wordsworth asked for three days to consider the proposal, and Yu Sheng'an departed.
• The God of Plague grew suspicious of Yu Sheng'an's arrival on Aizeya Prime Plane.

The God of the Internet visited the Three Gods of Puran and proposed exchanging Godhead authorities, then offered to partner with the God of Plague on a Pharmaceutical Company. The God of Plague asked how the business would work, leaving the proposal under consideration.

• The God of Plague argued that the territorial division of the Beren Plains was unfair, but the God of Fertility postponed the dispute.
• The God of the Internet appeared outside Beren Cathedral, where a missionary briefly witnessed the three Puran gods arrive to meet him.
• The God of the Internet proposed exchanging Godhead authorities, and the God of Fertility asked for time to consider it.
• The God of the Internet suggested that the God of Plague wear a Beak Mask, then offered to establish a Pharmaceutical Company with him and split the profits equally.
• The God of Plague asked how the proposed company would operate.

Yu Sheng'an persuaded the God of Plague to turn plague research into a profitable medicine business, then revealed that the God of the Sea had launched Star Network as the reason he was seeking allies. He invited the Three Gods of Puran to join the Internet in facing the coming conflict.

• Yu Sheng'an proposed that the God of Plague produce medicine while the Internet sold it, with the profits split evenly in Internet Coin.
• Yu Sheng'an explained how vaccines could prevent disease and outlined uses for plague-related research in agriculture, waste disposal, fertilizer, gas production, and metal smelting.
• The God of Fertility warned that vaccines could weaken the God of Plague's authority, but Yu Sheng'an argued that medicine and vaccines would create an enduring business.
• The God of Plague asked why Yu Sheng'an wanted to cooperate, and Yu Sheng'an showed the Three Gods of Puran the newly launched Star Network.
• Yu Sheng'an invited the Three Gods of Puran to join the Internet alliance and face the coming struggle together.

Yu Sheng'an examined God of the Sea's newly launched Star Network and assessed how its features could compete with his Internet. He recognized the appeal of Life Bank and God of the Sea's Protection, then withdrew from the Ghost he had possessed.

• God of Plague agreed to jointly establish a Pharmaceutical Company with Yu Sheng'an, while God of Fertility and God of Misfortune declined for now.
• Yu Sheng'an possessed a Ghost that escaped the River Styx, then used the Authority of Contract to take control of it.
• Yu Sheng'an activated a Star Network ring and discovered that God of the Sea had launched a network with features similar to the Internet, including Life Bank and God of the Sea's Protection.
• Yu Sheng'an realized Life Bank could store Vitality and attract users, but concluded that Internet Healthcare remained useful for medical problems Vitality could not solve.
• Yu Sheng'an found that God of the Sea's Protection opened the multiverse's oceans to protected users, letting them fish without being attacked by the Sea Tribe.
• Yu Sheng'an withdrew his senses and left the bewildered Ghost behind.

Horn and Mrs. Horn used Internet Healthcare and goat milk to care for Sanwa, then discovered that uploading Vitality through Star Network’s Life Bank left Horn dangerously weak. The God of the Sea and the God of Life discussed Star Network’s rapid growth and planned to expand its banking services, confident that their authority gave them an edge over the God of the Internet.

• Horn bought goat milk for Sanwa after learning through Internet Healthcare that goat milk could substitute for breast milk and sunlight could help his jaundice.
• Mrs. Horn told Horn about Star Network’s Life Bank, and Horn uploaded Vitality before suffering severe dizziness and weakness.
• Horn warned Mrs. Horn not to upload more Vitality, while users across the multiverse praised or feared Life Bank’s effects and its use of the poor’s Vitality.
• The God of the Sea and the God of Life regretted launching Star Network late but decided to keep Vitality uploads open and issue a warning instead of restricting them.
• The God of the Sea and the God of Life planned to spread Star Network Bank to increase Star Coin’s acceptance and discussed how the God of the Internet might respond to Life Bank.

The Star Network’s Life Bank surged in popularity, prompting the God of Death to propose that the God of Life join the Dark Web. The God of the Internet then launched Life Interlink Insurance, shaking the God of Life’s confidence and leaving the God of Sea and the multiverse’s gods alarmed by his counterattack.

• The God of Life and the God of Sea celebrated the Star Network’s rise as Vitality sales increased and the Life Bank drew users, while beggars across the multiverse died in greater numbers.
• The God of Fertility questioned the God of Plague’s cooperation with the God of the Internet as the God of Life’s success strengthened the Star Network.
• The God of Death visited the God of Life at Yggdrasil Temple and proposed launching the Life Bank on the Dark Web to challenge the Internet.
• The God of Sea interrupted their discussion and argued that joining the Dark Web would bring the God of Life little benefit and divide users’ time across competing networks.
• The God of Death warned that the God of the Internet would find a way to erode the God of Life’s authority, then announced that the Internet had launched Life Interlink Insurance.
• The God of Life and the God of Sea saw that Life Interlink Insurance offered users low-cost Vitality coverage and a new Vitality trading function, and both were left terrified by the God of the Internet’s counterattack.

Walpole returned home with Red Buds for his mother’s asthma medicine and found that a rat had badly injured his infant son while his mother was watching him. The villagers transferred Vitality through the Life Bank, which healed the baby’s other injuries and slightly regrew his fingers, but Walpole’s Mother then offered her own life to save her Grandson.

• Gene gave Walpole the Red Buds he had gathered, and Walpole headed home hopeful that medicine would ease his mother’s asthma.
• Walpole arrived to find his wife hysterical, his mother injured, and his four-month-old son unconscious with most of the fingers on his left hand gnawed off by a rat.
• After learning what had happened, Walpole realized that Vitality might save the child and asked the villagers to transfer theirs through the Life Bank.
• The villagers contributed less than six thousand standard units, which healed the baby’s other wounds and seemed to regrow his missing fingers slightly.
• Walpole feared they would need hundreds of thousands more units, and Walpole’s Mother offered her own life to save her Grandson.

Walpole's Wife used Life Interlink Insurance to regrow her baby's fingers, and the story spread through the village and Gregg's Forum. A reporter from the Internet News Headquarters arrived at Likok Village to investigate.

• The villagers comforted Walpole's Wife, but they doubted anyone could provide the Vitality needed to regrow the baby's fingers.
• A young man mentioned Life Interlink Insurance, and Walpole's Wife prayed to the God of the Internet before adding herself and her baby to the insurance and applying for assistance.
• A Virtual Screen's light restored the baby's fingers, and Walpole and his Wife rejoiced before she fainted.
• News of the baby's recovery spread around Likok Village and through Gregg's local Forum.
• A reporter and three armed escorts arrived at Likok Village, and the reporter asked the elderly villagers about the baby's injury while offering candy to the children.

Yvonne interviewed villagers and Maggie about the infant Walpole’s recovery through Life Interlink Insurance, while explaining the rules and protections for children. After Maggie asked whether her mother-in-law had deliberately endangered the baby, Yvonne agreed to reconstruct the scene and show what had happened.

• Yvonne recorded villagers’ increasingly exaggerated accounts of the rats injuring the baby and the village pooling Vitality to help him.
• Yvonne explained that Life Interlink Insurance required people to contribute Vitality before receiving assistance, while infants under twelve months were exempt from the rule and received a higher coverage limit.
• Yvonne and the villagers went to Walpole’s home, where Maggie agreed to an interview and described the incident through tears.
• Maggie asked Yvonne to help determine whether her mother-in-law had been possessed by something evil, and Yvonne offered to reconstruct the scene as an illusion.
• Maggie eagerly agreed to Yvonne’s proposal to restore the past scene and reveal what had happened when the baby was injured.

Walpole and his family watched a news report that dramatized their infant’s injury and showed how Life Interlink Insurance helped the finger grow back. The report damaged the reputation of Life Bank and enraged the God of Life and the Goddess of Wisdom.

• Walpole and his family watched the headline report and realized it had turned their ordeal into a widely viewed story.
• The report showed the villagers pooling Vitality through Life Bank, which failed to regenerate the infant’s finger.
• Little Maggie tried Life Interlink Insurance despite the family not meeting its rules, and the infant’s finger began to regrow.
• The God of Life recognized Life Bank’s weakness and, furious, restrained himself from harming Walpole’s family because they were under public attention.
• The Goddess of Wisdom grew even angrier when the report’s ending attacked her in the field of wisdom.

Kevil’s report traced Little Meow’s rat attack to the Gregg Grand Duchy’s failure to control rat populations, turning the incident into a multiverse-wide push for rat-control policies. Yu Sheng'an then learned that the God of Transformation’s Missionary Zone was financially vulnerable and prepared to force Wordsworth to choose whether to ally with him.

• The Kevil Mage used time reversal and wind magic to investigate the rat attack, then blamed the Gregg Grand Duchy’s failure to protect rats’ natural predators and manage their population.
• Kevil’s Rat Density and Control Measures became a trending topic, and gods across the multiverse adopted the Kevil Standard while the Goddess of Wisdom punished officials and ordered new rat-control measures.
• Yu Sheng'an told Lucia to keep Into Magic’s reporting objective, allow more criticism of certain gods, and reward the staff who worked on the report.
• Clementine told Yu Sheng'an that the debt ratio in the God of Transformation’s Missionary Zone had reached 160 percent and could be detonated at any time.
• Yu Sheng'an decided to use the financial threat to press Wordsworth for an answer after the God of Transformation remained ambiguous about an alliance.

Morton’s advice helped Wordsworth decide to join the Internet Pantheon, exchanging Virtual Godheads with Yu Sheng'an and giving him the Wealth Authority. Yu Sheng'an used it to create a Dark Dragon body whose altered genes remained stable, and he began seeking a way to give it a soul so he could mass-produce dragons.

• Morton told Wordsworth that the choice between two merchant companies depended on whether he wanted authority or security, helping him resolve his dilemma.
• Wordsworth chose to join the Internet Pantheon, so Yu Sheng'an ordered Clementine to terminate the financial bomb operation against the God of Transformation’s missionary zone.
• Yu Sheng'an and Wordsworth signed a Contract and exchanged Virtual Godheads, leaving Wordsworth with the God of Wealth title and Yu Sheng'an with the Wealth Authority.
• Yu Sheng'an tested the Wealth Authority in Core Tower’s Underground Laboratory by printing a Dark Dragon body and adding Dark Dragon Genes with the Gene Godhead.
• Yu Sheng'an found that the experimental subject kept its genes after he stopped maintaining them, but it remained lifeless without a soul, prompting him to consider mass-producing dragons.

Yu Sheng'an toured a hidden biological research center where Winston’s team was cultivating insect hosts for the Zerg and urged them to pursue Xenomorph Zerg through a new printing ability. Back in his private laboratory, Yu Sheng'an tested whether dragon embryos could develop souls and whether a remnant dragon soul could inhabit a Dark Dragon hatchling; the hatchling stirred after the soul entered it.

• Yu Sheng'an visited the underground research center and learned that Winston’s team had established a gene bank and identified 163 insect hosts for cultivation.
• Winston showed Yu Sheng'an promising Giant Leafcutter Ant and Snail Worm prototypes, then reported that the team had made little progress on Xenomorph Zerg.
• Yu Sheng'an told Winston to use his forthcoming ability to print matter and biological forms to advance the Xenomorph Zerg project.
• Yu Sheng'an altered Oviparous Sub-Dragon Beast embryonic stem cells into Dragon Race embryos and set up test and control groups to await their development.
• Yu Sheng'an created a Dark Dragon hatchling and injected it with the remnant soul of the Ancient Dark Dragon, causing the suspended hatchling to tremble faintly.

Yu Sheng'an awakened the Ancient Dark Dragon Augustine by giving his soul a dragon body, then rescued him from the body’s rejection by placing his soul in a Flesh Clone. After considering whether he could use a Titan Remnant Soul to locate the God of Death, Yu Sheng'an met Aphnora in Vias, where she warned him about trusting the God of Transformation.

• Yu Sheng'an created an adult Ancient Dark Dragon body and injected the dragon soul, awakening Augustine, but the body began rejecting the soul.
• Augustine signed Yu Sheng'an's Contract, and Yu Sheng'an moved his soul into a Flesh Clone to keep it from withering.
• Augustine told Yu Sheng'an that a dragon soul needed nourishment from dragon bloodline and asked to be sent to the Dragon God, Hypotina.
• Yu Sheng'an considered using the Titan Remnant Soul to awaken its memories and potentially locate the God of Death, but decided to plan carefully.
• Aphnora summoned Yu Sheng'an to Vias and warned him that the God of Transformation might betray him as he had betrayed the God of Wealth.

Yu Sheng'an devised a plan to use the Titan Remnant Soul and Wordsworth to locate the God of Death while avoiding a possible trap. He created a Titan body and awakened the remnant soul, but the Titan recognized that Yu Sheng'an was lying and demanded to know who he was.

• Yu Sheng'an revised Plan B so he would give the awakened Titan Remnant Soul to Wordsworth and use their Coordinate Sharing Contract to track both Wordsworth and the God of Death.
• Yu Sheng'an decided to launch Organ Printing and Universal Printing, and Aphnora questioned whether the new services would harm their industrial products.
• Yu Sheng'an used the Prophecy Godhead to set exchange rates and launched both printing functions on the Internet.
• Yu Sheng'an used his Godheads to create two Titan bodies, then placed the Titan Remnant Soul in one and spoke to it in Titan language.
• The Titan sensed its other half but challenged Yu Sheng'an's identity, rejected his explanation, and demanded that he open the subspace.
• Yu Sheng'an stopped pretending and ordered the Titan to sign the Contract or die.

Yu Sheng'an subdued Boswell, isolated its curse, and forced it to establish a Coordinate Sharing Contract before tracing the Titan’s other soul half to the God of Death’s Divine Projection. As Organ Printing won public praise and strengthened Walpole’s family’s desire to move to Kevil, Wordsworth prepared to betray the Internet Pantheon, but the God of the Internet summoned him to discuss an important matter.

• Yu Sheng'an used Curse: Deprivation to weaken Boswell, isolated the Titan’s curse from his true body, and forced Boswell to sign a Coordinate Sharing Contract before sealing its remnant soul.
• Yu Sheng'an gained Titan memories and a major improvement in his magical mastery, then discovered that Boswell’s other soul half was hidden in a Divine Projection of the God of Death.
• Walpole credited the launch of Organ Printing to the God of the Internet noticing his family, while Little Maggie revealed that they had secretly converted and were considering immigrating to Kevil.
• Internet users praised Organ Printing for offering hope to people with congenital deformities, while Yu Sheng'an’s Public Opinion Observation Group monitored and guided the discussion.
• Wordsworth planned to betray the Internet Pantheon and join Star Network after using his Letter of Allegiance, but the God of the Internet sent him an invitation to discuss an important matter.