Chapter Summaries

Yu Sheng'an negotiated with Wordsworth for the method of Soul Stitching, offering him a Titan Remnant Soul in exchange for a Contract that would secure their cooperation against the God of Death. After Wordsworth left to examine the soul, Yu Sheng'an watched through the Contract and prepared to mislead him with the Appraisal Godhead.

• Yu Sheng'an asked Wordsworth for the method of Soul Stitching, and Wordsworth explained its dangers and requirements.
• Wordsworth demanded a Titan soul, then agreed to trade the method for the Underworld Godhead and a Titan Remnant Soul under a Contract.
• Yu Sheng'an and Wordsworth spent four hours finalizing and signing the Contract, after which Yu Sheng'an handed over the Titan Remnant Soul.
• Wordsworth teleported to a grand cathedral to examine the soul, while Yu Sheng'an used the Contract to observe him.
• Yu Sheng'an planned to distort Wordsworth's appraisal, knowing he had removed the soul's will and limited its memories.

Caesar underwent an unprecedented Bone Setting procedure that printed him a healthy new body, but he remained unable to feel or control it. After returning to his original body, he left with Archmage Brad, who was told that Desova had come to visit.

• Archmage Brad prepared a Bone Setting procedure to print Caesar a new body and try to treat his paralysis.
• Caesar allowed the Ice Blade to sever his neck, and the mages printed a replacement body while protective measures kept him alive.
• Caesar found that he still could not feel or control the printed body, and Internet Healthcare showed it had the same condition as his original body.
• Caesar returned to his original body, and Archmage Brad urged him not to lose hope as they left the Alchemy Building.
• A Tabby Cat told Archmage Brad that Desova had come to visit, leaving Caesar startled and Brad's expression stiff.

Magic Mentor Brad and Desova reconciled after years apart, and Desova suggested seeking the God of the Internet’s help for Caesar’s congenital paralysis. The chapter ended with Desova proposing a Petition of the People to encourage a solution for bloodline-related illnesses.

• Magic Mentor Brad brought Caesar to meet Desova at Felix Magic Academy’s main gate.
• Desova apologized to Magic Mentor Brad for their past conflict, and Brad forgave him and welcomed him back to the academy.
• Desova and Brad exchanged news as they toured Felix, and Desova learned that Caesar’s paralysis could not be cured by Internet Healthcare or organ replacement.
• Desova reasoned that Caesar’s illness came from his bloodline and suggested the God of the Internet might be able to help.
• Desova proposed launching a Petition of the People to draw attention to genetic diseases and encourage the God of the Internet to create a treatment service.

Lennon overcame his fear and showed his appearance to Nian, who accepted him warmly. After their call, he returned to his lonely life at Jacob Lake and learned that Caesar was Archmage Brad’s disabled disciple.

• Lennon chatted with Nian online, then watched a video in which she introduced herself and invited him to turn on his camera.
• Despite memories of being bullied, Lennon accepted Nian’s video call, and she mistook his white-haired appearance for that of a Snow Mountain Elf.
• Lennon herded his sheep home, still hoping to cure his Genetic Disease despite Nian’s acceptance of him.
• Lennon studied Magic through Archmage Brad’s Public Lecture and discovered that Brad had released an extra lesson.
• Archmage Brad introduced his disciple Caesar, praised his determination despite his disability, and urged viewers to share Caesar’s petition video.

Lennon watched Caesar’s petition for a cure to his congenital paralysis and wrestled with whether the request was justified. He reposted it for Nian, helping the debate spread across the multiverse until the God of the Internet faced pressure from rival gods and Caesar found the controversy beyond his control.

• Lennon watched Caesar describe his paralysis, his life before the Internet, and his plea for the God of the Internet to cure him.
• Caesar’s petition drew both praise and accusations of greed and blasphemy, leaving Lennon torn over whether the request was right.
• At dawn, Lennon reposted the video because he wanted Nian to avoid the stigma of being seen with someone rejected by others.
• Reposts and interest groups propelled Caesar’s petition across social platforms and news outlets, while Felix Magic Academy and Phoebus helped amplify the discussion.
• The gods, especially Star Network and the Dark Web, fueled the controversy and forced the God of the Internet into a public-relations dilemma.
• Caesar discovered that the debate had escaped his control and faced online harassment for the first time.

Caesar’s petition drew widespread abuse, but the God of the Internet responded by launching genetic correction and blacklisting Caesar, leaving Caesar determined to apologize in person. Meanwhile, the Gods of the Sea and Life discussed their alliance and received an unexpected visitor: Wordsworth, the God of Transformation.

• A furious crowd gathered outside Caesar’s home after his identity and address were exposed, while Archmage Brad and Archmage Desova arrived to take him away.
• Desova told Caesar that the abuse reflected the weakness of the interest group he represented, and Caesar worried that the petition had angered the God of the Internet.
• Brad found a pinned Internet News article announcing the genetic correction module and declaring that Caesar had been blacklisted; Caesar resolved to apologize to the God of the Internet in person.
• People across the multiverse reacted to the announcement, and those with Genetic Disease, including Lennon and Nian, gained hope despite the high cost of treatment.
• The God of the Sea and the God of Life discussed the Goddess of the Earth’s demands and their own Star Network before learning that Wordsworth, the God of Transformation, had arrived.

The God of the Sea and the God of Life agreed to the God of Transformation’s demands to join the Star Network, while privately weighing the risks of his repeated betrayals. Meanwhile, Darnell intervened after the God of the Sea’s representative detained Dragon Factory’s materials, and he wondered why the God of the Sea dared provoke the God of the Internet.

• The God of Transformation demanded ten million units of Source Essence, Magic materials, and veto power as conditions for joining the Star Network Pantheon, and the God of the Sea and the God of Life accepted.
• After the God of Transformation left, the God of Life warned the God of the Sea that he might betray the Star Network too, but the God of the Sea remained confident.
• Darnell, serving as the God of the Internet’s Legate, received Iden’s report that Dragon Factory’s Magic materials had been detained on the Whitley Plane.
• At a Pantheon trade meeting, Malthus said the God of the Sea’s side had detained the goods because Dragon Factory had not paid a deposit, and Darnell realized they had exploited Dragon Factory’s usual trading practice.
• Darnell questioned why the God of the Sea had risked provoking the God of the Internet by detaining Dragon Factory’s goods.

Darnell’s threat to cut off mana was upended when Seric, God of Transformation, withdrew from the Internet Pantheon. Meanwhile, Wordsworth began his plan to hunt the God of Death for the Titan Remnant Soul, tearing away his Contract-bound outer soul and triggering a clash of Titans in the Underworld.

• Darnell demanded that Malthus release the seized goods and pay compensation, threatening an economic blockade and a cutoff of mana.
• Malthus challenged Darnell to cut off the mana, but news arrived that Seric, God of Transformation, had withdrawn from the Internet Pantheon.
• Wordsworth used his knowledge of souls and his Stitched Monster nature to inspect and stitch the Titan Remnant Soul, locating its other half with the God of Death.
• Wordsworth secured hunting funds from the Star Network Pantheon and planned to hunt the God of Death while stripping away the Contract shackles on his outer soul.
• As the God of Death drew the Titan Remnant Soul into his body, Wordsworth tore away his outer soul, and two towering Titans appeared in the River Styx as one struck the other with a sword.

Wordsworth killed the God of Death and seized his Godhead, then revealed that he had betrayed the God of the Internet and escaped with the prize. The gods and multiverse were left bracing for the consequences of his betrayal and the God of Death’s possible fall.

• Wordsworth used his Titan body, the River Styx, and a devastating sword strike to kill the God of Death and take his Godhead.
• Wordsworth declared that he had betrayed the God of the Internet and escaped through a crack in the sealed space as the gods attacked.
• The gods realized Wordsworth had outmaneuvered the God of the Internet and reacted with shock and schadenfreude, while the God of the Internet vanished.
• The Fourth Calamity rushed into the Underworld to inspect the battlefield and search for valuables.
• The God of Transformation’s betrayal and the God of Death’s possible fall plunged the multiverse into renewed turmoil as factions watched the God of the Internet’s next move.

Harris and the soldiers of the God of Death prepared to defend Hillport City as the God of the Sea arrived with a vast army, claiming the God of Death had lost his Godhead. Just before battle began, Darnell invoked the Pantheon’s rules and used a flag bearing the God of the Internet’s emblem to threaten the God of the Sea with war and ecological disaster.

• Harris warned that the God of the Internet might not be the only enemy, and the God of the Sea’s forces appeared above the forest surrounding Hillport City.
• The God of Death appeared and challenged the God of the Sea, who claimed his Godhead was gone and offered the God of Mechanical Steam a place in the Star Network.
• The God of the Sea launched an assault, sending Sea Tribe warriors and enormous Killer Whales toward Hillport as Harris rallied the city’s defenders.
• Darnell appeared as the God of the Internet’s Pantheon legate and ordered the God of the Sea to withdraw under Pantheon rules.
• Darnell summoned a Tungsten Spike bearing the God of the Internet’s flag and threatened war and ecological collapse if the God of the Sea crossed it.

Darnell warned the God of the Sea not to cross into the God of Death’s territory, and the God of the Internet enforced the Pantheon contract by striking the gods who attacked. The God of the Sea retreated, while the gods were left stunned by the Internet Pantheon’s intervention and an unexpected new development began.

• Darnell drew a boundary before Hillport City, making the God of the Sea hesitate to attack.
• As other gods gathered troops against the God of Death, the God of the Internet warned users and announced punishment for the God of War, Nehemiah, for violating the Pantheon contract.
• The Internet Pantheon launched strikes on the attacking gods’ facilities and sent Fourth Calamity players to sabotage their military and logistical units.
• The God of the Sea ordered his forces to retreat, and the people of the God of Death celebrated while questioning the Dark Web’s claims about the God of the Internet.
• The people of the God of the Sea praised their god for avoiding the attack, and an unexpected event stunned the gods and the Permanent Elders.

At the Pantheon’s emergency meeting, Yu Sheng'an defended his uneven punishments and established that the Pantheon’s Contract must be enforced, while the God of Death threatened revenge. When the gods mocked Yu Sheng'an for losing Organ Printing, he announced a substitute section.

• The God of War and the God of Life accused Yu Sheng'an of targeting powerful gods while going easy on weaker ones, and Yu Sheng'an rebuked them for violating the Contract and exploiting the war.
• The God of the Sea proposed that Permanent Elders form their own peacekeeping legions, and Yu Sheng'an argued that the Pantheon existed to enforce its Contract and told dissatisfied gods they could leave.
• The God of Death resented his losses, but the God of War pressed him to answer for the territorial disputes; the God of Death instead mocked Yu Sheng'an for losing the Wealth Authority and his ability to print.
• The God of the Sea joined in ridiculing Yu Sheng'an over Organ Printing, and Yu Sheng'an revealed that he had launched a substitute section.

Knife Grinder Bloom received a natural-feeling prosthetic hand through the Internet’s new Prosthetic Modification service after the God of Transformation’s betrayal ended Organ Printing. Yu Sheng'an revealed that Nano Printing had also replaced Universal Printing and warned the God of the Sea that Wordsworth would regret defecting.

• Bloom’s market acquaintances learned that the God of Transformation’s betrayal had made Organ Printing unavailable, and Bloom lamented that he had missed his chance to fix his deformed hand.
• After Prosthetic Modification appeared, Bloom followed its instructions outside the City, where airdropped black liquid replaced his damaged fingers with a mobile prosthetic hand.
• People with disabilities celebrated the return of hope as the God of the Internet’s new service astonished believers and left the gods unable to explain the prosthetic material.
• The God of the Sea realized that Prosthetic Modification and Nano Printing had filled the gaps left by the lost authorities, while Yu Sheng'an warned him that Wordsworth would regret defecting.

Wordsworth, God of Transformation, attacked Yu Sheng'an’s Internet monopoly by unveiling Universal Charger and promising to release its technology freely. Yu Sheng'an left the gods uncertain about his response, then discussed countermeasures with Aphnora and Phoebus, who warned that opening a Battle Qi Bank could bring serious repercussions.

• Wordsworth accused Yu Sheng'an of weaving the Internet into a system that could control gods and multiverse societies, but Yu Sheng'an challenged Wordsworth’s credibility with a story about a canal builder.
• Wordsworth revealed Universal Charger, a Star Network service that converted different forms of energy into mana, and announced he would publicly release its technology for free.
• Yu Sheng'an acknowledged the surprise, warned Wordsworth that betraying him would be a grave mistake, and left the Pantheon meeting with the Internet Pantheon’s upper ranks.
• Aphnora asked Yu Sheng'an how he would respond, and Phoebus proposed releasing Cloud Magic Charging Port technology and integrating the Energy Banks.
• Phoebus warned that opening a Battle Qi Bank could have serious repercussions, leaving Yu Sheng'an concerned about the potential consequences.

Yu Sheng'an assessed the Star Network’s Universal Bank and its threat to his energy services, then planned to counter it by lowering fees and developing practical uses for Battle Qi. He also hinted at expanding the Music Sanctuary with a karaoke function.

• Yu Sheng'an learned that the Star Network had launched Universal Bank, which stored and converted energy despite a high conversion loss rate.
• Yu Sheng'an explained that the God of Transformation could manage energy deposits dynamically and considered killing him, but decided to wait for the God of Death to act.
• Yu Sheng'an ordered Phoebus to recruit Battle Qi geniuses and research everyday and industrial uses for Battle Qi.
• Yu Sheng'an said the Internet would undercut the Star Network’s storage fees and later reclaim market share with Battle Qi technology.
• Yu Sheng'an told Aphnora that the Music Sanctuary could gain a new function: karaoke.

The launch of Universal Bank transformed Battle Disciples’ prospects but provoked backlash against the God of the Internet, prompting Yu Sheng'an to order an attack on the God of Transformation’s Missionary Zones. After launching Internet Karaoke, the chapter shifted to Laundry Woman Sabrina, who discovered the new feature while heading home.

• Battle Disciples celebrated Universal Bank, while many criticized the God of the Internet for having launched Battle Qi Bank only after Universal Bank appeared.
• Yu Sheng'an reassured Lucia that she was not responsible for the criticism and told her to manage the Internet's public-opinion front.
• Yu Sheng'an summoned Lucia, Clementine, and Darnell and ordered them to use public opinion, diplomacy, and economics to destroy the God of Transformation's Missionary Zones.
• Yu Sheng'an launched Internet Karaoke and sent Aphnora a message granting her authorization to use it.
• After finishing her laundry, Sabrina opened the Internet and noticed the new Karaoke feature.

Sabrina discovered that people had praised her singing on Internet Karaoke, giving her a rare sense of recognition and happiness. Encouraged by the comments and Grandma Gladstone’s compliment, she began the day singing as she worked.

• Sabrina returned home late, endured her mother’s scolding, and agreed to consider meeting a marriage candidate over the weekend.
• Sabrina found 99 notifications on Internet Karaoke and discovered that listeners had praised the song she sang the night before and sent her friend requests.
• Sabrina replayed her song and felt delighted by the praise, then helped Grandma Gladstone draw water and received a compliment from her.
• Sabrina told her mother an online joke, making her laugh, then cheerfully did chores while singing in the courtyard.

Internet Karaoke became a major hit, and Yu Sheng'an advised Aphnora on ways to expand it and stay ahead of rival networks. Their conversation turned to the largely untapped Mechanical Wave Authority, leaving Yu Sheng'an considering what Internet features it could support.

• Internet Karaoke surged in popularity by giving ordinary people an easy way to sing and share their performances.
• Aphnora worried that Star Network and Dark Web could copy Karaoke, and Yu Sheng'an told her that her status as the Goddess of Music gave it an Authority barrier.
• Yu Sheng'an suggested adding mixing tools, voice effects, nearby users, live comments, tips, and singing competitions to Karaoke.
• Aphnora praised Yu Sheng'an for mastering the Mechanical Wave Authority, then asked what functional modules he could create with it.
• Yu Sheng'an recalled Sonar as the only major Internet-amplified use of mechanical waves and began considering other possibilities.

Yu Sheng'an developed a Virtual Smart Home concept, then discovered that the Authority of Light could produce laser cooling and unlocked the Authority of Freezing. Excited by the prospect of superconductors and nuclear fusion, he teleported to Aphnora and kissed her.

• Yu Sheng'an considered applications of the Mechanical Wave Authority and added mobile appliances and a Virtual Smart Home to his plans.
• Yu Sheng'an failed to cool water with mechanical waves or his existing Authorities, identifying the limits of the Mechanical Wave Authority.
• After noticing researchers restraining a Giant Bug with Mud Golems, Yu Sheng'an recalled laser cooling and used Virtual Prophecy to deduce how to perform it with the Authority of Light.
• Yu Sheng'an froze water with laser cooling and realized he had unlocked the Authority of Freezing, then imagined using it to develop superconductors and nuclear fusion.
• Yu Sheng'an messaged Aphnora, teleported to Vias, kissed her, and excitedly told her they had struck it rich.

Luka led his hunting party into the mountains to track a Ground Dragon, while his son Lynch streamed their journey. When Lynch opened the newly launched Internet Home feature, it formed a protective cabin around them just as a Black Spotted Demon Tiger attacked.

• Luka told his wife he planned to hunt a Ground Dragon and hoped to obtain its Demon Core to help Benjamin study Magic.
• Luka and Lynch left Berkeley City with their hunting party, traveling by Magic steam Truck before entering the rainy forest.
• Lynch livestreamed the expedition as the group traveled through the forest and made camp for the night.
• A viewer told Lynch to try the newly launched Internet Home feature, and he opened it while the team prepared dinner.
• Internet Home projected a wooden cabin around the hunting party, and a Black Spotted Demon Tiger appeared and charged at them.
• Luka drew his Two-Handed Sword and braced to face the Black Spotted Demon Tiger's attack.