Chapter Summaries

Lynch’s hunting party discovered that Internet Home’s Safe House Mode protected them from a Black Spotted Demon Tiger, then used the cabin’s features to kill it and test Stealth Mode. With beasts gathering in the forest, the party retreated into the cabin and considered using it to ambush more prey.

• The Black Spotted Demon Tiger crashed into the cabin, and Lynch explained that Safe House Mode absorbed attacks by consuming Internet resources.
• Luka ordered the party to open the cabin door, then blasted and cut the Black Spotted Demon Tiger in half.
• Coker collected valuable parts from the tiger while Luther scanned for danger, and Lynch proposed using Stealth Mode to ambush more beasts.
• Luka tested the cabin’s visibility from outside, and Lynch found that Stealth Mode hid the cabin but warned nearby Internet users of its presence.
• As beasts roared in the forest, Luka checked the cabin’s energy use and hurried back inside with the party.

Lynch’s hunting squad drew thirty million viewers after Luka’s fight with the Black Spotted Demon Tiger was recommended on the homepage, and Lynch explored the newly launched Internet Home on stream. The Washing Machine amazed the viewers, while the chapter ended by revealing that Internet Home’s changes could threaten people like Sabrina, the Laundry Woman.

• Luka learned that Lynch’s stream had reached thirty million viewers after receiving a homepage recommendation, and Lynch introduced Luka and the hunting squad to the audience.
• Lynch showed viewers Internet Home’s modes and customization options, then spent Internet Coin transforming the squad’s shelter through a range of styles.
• The squad explored Internet Home’s appliances, and Lynch tried its Washing Machine on his coat while viewers teased him for abandoning the hunt.
• Lynch pulled out a clean, dry coat, astonishing the squad and viewers with the Washing Machine’s results.
• The narration noted that Internet Home would reshape life across the multiverse and put some people’s livelihoods at risk, including Sabrina, the Laundry Woman.

Internet Home’s cooking and laundry appliances transformed village life and drew excited crowds, while their spread threatened the livelihood of firewood sellers. The chapter left an old firewood seller stunned after an old woman told him that no one burned firewood anymore.

• A village chief demonstrated Internet Home’s microwave and other cooking appliances, astonishing villagers with how easily they could boil water and cook rice.
• The village chief showed the villagers an ultrasonic washing machine, and they marveled at how Internet Home could make household chores easier.
• An old firewood seller rode his tricycle into the City expecting to sell his wood, but found that customers were no longer buying it.
• An old woman told the firewood seller that people had stopped burning firewood because Internet Home was available, leaving him shocked.

Sabrina adjusted to losing her laundry work, grew closer to her exhausted mother, and began studying Magic. Meanwhile, Star Network’s gods and the Primal Gods debated how to respond to the Internet’s growing power, until the God of the Internet summoned the Goddess of Night to Kober Palace.

• Sabrina cooked dinner for her mother, who surprised her by appreciating the meal and explaining that they would need to save money and find new ways for Sabrina to contribute.
• Sabrina heard her mother praise a song on the Internet, then returned to her room and began an introductory Magic course.
• The God of the Sea and the God of Transformation discussed developing new Star Network functions, with the latter proposing that the three gods exchange Authorities.
• The God of Storms visited the Goddess of Night on Deep Sea Island and asked whether the God of the Internet had shared Source Essence with her.
• The Goddess of Night began to leave, but the God of the Internet summoned her to Kober Palace to discuss matters.

Yu Sheng'an met with the Goddess of Night, the God of Storms, and the God of Space to discuss other gods probing Vilia and to distribute Source Essence earned through Internet Home. He revealed a rain service that astonished the God of Storms, then the Goddess of Night accepted a gift from him in exchange for keeping quiet about his earlier doubts.

• Yu Sheng'an warned the Three Primal Gods not to underestimate the gods sending scouts into Vilia and asked them to help guard against further incursions.
• Yu Sheng'an gave the Goddess of Night, the God of Storms, and the God of Space access to Source Essence dividends from Internet Home and explained new modules that used their authorities.
• Yu Sheng'an showed the God of Storms villagers using a Rain Module to water their fields, and the God of Storms was stunned by the practical use of his authority.
• Yu Sheng'an offered the Three Primal Gods a fifty-fifty share of profits from any new sections they developed, and they left in high spirits.
• The God of Storms hurried after the Goddess of Night and gave her a white agate box, asking her not to mention his earlier remarks about the God of the Internet.
• The Goddess of Night accepted the box and told the God of Storms that Yu Sheng'an could likely guess what had happened without her telling him.

The God of Storms wrestled with whether to reveal that the God of the Sea had tried to recruit him, but Yu Sheng'an visited Cloud City and proposed a profitable way to challenge the God of the Sea. The God of Storms embraced the plan to establish a harbor and shipping routes, leaving him eager to test himself against one of the Five Great Gods.

• The God of Storms debated whether to tell Yu Sheng'an about the God of the Sea's recruitment offer, then welcomed Yu Sheng'an to Cloud City.
• Yu Sheng'an watched the Cloud Tide Viewing with the God of Storms and urged him to capitalize on the ocean's resources rather than remain confined to the skies above it.
• The God of Storms admitted that the God of the Sea had offered him access to ocean skies, merchant fleets, and the Star Network in exchange for joining him.
• Yu Sheng'an explained that the God of Storms could lease disputed coastal territory and profit by building a harbor and stable shipping routes instead of pursuing missionary territory.
• The God of Storms realized the plan could provoke a proxy conflict backed by Yu Sheng'an and resolved to challenge the God of the Sea.

A sudden financial crisis devastated the God of Transformation's Missionary Zone, leaving workers and nobles bankrupt as rival gods exploited the resulting panic to seize followers. At the Sea King Hall, Wordsworth and his allies blamed the God of the Internet and agreed to use Pantheon rules to slow the siege while they investigated the crisis.

• Trading houses and factories throughout the God of Transformation's Missionary Zone collapsed, leaving workers unemployed and unable to repay their debts.
• Nobles lost their cash flow and watched their leveraged businesses and financial products become worthless as panic spread.
• Rival gods blamed the Royal Family and the God of Transformation for the disaster, drawing terrified people toward their churches.
• Wordsworth, the God of the Sea, and the God of Life met at the Sea King Hall and accused the God of the Internet of orchestrating the crisis.
• The God of the Sea proposed intervening as Permanent Elders of the Pantheon to slow the war while they investigated Internet Bank, and Wordsworth reluctantly agreed.

After losing his home and livelihood in the economic collapse, Eric tried to take his wife and daughter back to the countryside. A Heretic procession and the Church of Transformation’s attack turned the City into a battlefield, leaving Eric fleeing as war reached its walls.

• Adelaide employees repossessed Eric’s home and belongings, and his wife stopped him from shooting Jim.
• Eric recalled how factory work, loans, and the apocalypse had left his family homeless and destitute.
• Eric’s wife said her family could not help them, so Eric decided to take his family to his hometown.
• A Heretic recruiter approached Eric, and Eric fled with his wife and daughter.
• A protest procession clashed with the Church of Transformation’s Berserkers, plunging the street into violence.
• A divine shield appeared around the City as flames struck it from outside, and Eric realized war had begun.

Eric, Mavis, and their daughter Eva were caught in the Goddess of Wisdom’s attack on Salome as artillery shattered the city’s divine shield and fighting spread through the streets. As Wisdom’s followers cornered the family, a strange voice asked Eric whether he wanted to conduct Internet Bank business.

• Eric took Mavis and Eva into a shop for shelter, then used Internet News to learn that the Goddess of Wisdom had attacked Salome.
• Eric watched Treants and Berserkers clash while riots and looting spread through the city.
• The Goddess of Wisdom’s artillery barrage shattered Salome’s divine shield, and an explosion injured or killed people sheltering with Eric.
• Eric helped Mavis and Eva flee through the streets, where they encountered Treants, fighting, and armed Wisdom followers looting homes.
• A group of Wisdom followers cornered Eric and his family, but a strange voice beside him offered to conduct Internet Bank business.

Eric and his family escaped rioters and took shelter in a queue at the Internet Bank as the Wisdom Legion attacked Salome. When Wisdom Legion soldiers arrived, the Bank Teller invoked the Internet God’s legal protections and warned them not to disrupt the queue.

• An Internet Bank Teller and a Black-armored Battle Disciple protected Eric, his wife, and daughter from rioters, driving the attackers away with a High-energy Particle Beam.
• The Teller led Eric’s family to a long queue inside the Internet Bank’s Isolation Light Barrier, where shields protected citizens from explosions and artillery.
• Eric read a battle report showing the Wisdom Legion had entered Salome and noticed a Mud Golem livestreaming the bank entrance for Internet News.
• Swinburne and Wisdom Legion soldiers arrived with Treants, prompting panic among the refugees, while Optical Tweezers pulled anyone who tried to cut in line to the back.
• The Bank Teller told Swinburne the bank stood on the Internet God’s leased land and was protected by a Pantheon contract, warning the soldiers to follow the rules.

Internet News gained users and prestige by livestreaming the war in the God of Transformation's Missionary Zone, while the God of the Internet's protection of refugees strengthened his influence. The God of Transformation learned that Fan Yilai had helped trigger the chaos through a financial bubble, but Fan died after revealing the scheme.

• Internet News deployed Puppet reporters and livestreamed the war, drawing huge audiences and boosting the God of the Internet's reputation as his Concession Zones sheltered refugees.
• The God of the Internet called for a ceasefire, frustrating the God of Transformation and the Star Network Pantheon as they struggled to reclaim seized territory.
• The God of Life warned that the war coverage had strengthened Internet News and helped the God of the Internet gain Source Essence and user loyalty.
• The God of Transformation said he knew how to divide the gods after his people uncovered how the God of the Internet had destabilized his Missionary Zone.
• Fan Yilai told the God of Transformation, the God of Life, and the God of the Sea that he had encouraged reckless lending and repackaged debt to inflate a financial bubble and collapse local order.
• Fan Yilai died after revealing the scheme, leaving the three gods stunned.

Yu Sheng'an explained how the Internet Bank's unregulated bond securitization had helped trigger unrest in the God of Transformation's Missionary Zone. At a Pantheon meeting, the God of the Sea warned that the God of the Internet could destabilize any god's territory, seeking to divide the assembly against him.

• Yu Sheng'an explained to Aphnora that the church had driven debt collection and that the nobles' un-tiered bonds spread losses across all investors when the bubble burst.
• Yu Sheng'an gave Aphnora a Diamond Crown, which she admired before the God of the Sea and the God of Life summoned a meeting of Permanent Elders.
• Yu Sheng'an and Aphnora arrived at the Pantheon meeting, where Aphnora looked for Dragon God Hypotina, who did not attend.
• The Goddess of Wisdom mocked the Three Gods of the Star Network, and the God of the Sea declared that the God of the Internet could make every god's territory collapse.

At the gods’ conference, Yu Sheng'an defended the Internet Bank against accusations that he had engineered a financial crisis, then offered Internet Coin as a way for the gods to stabilize their economies. The gods accepted despite recognizing the risks, and Yu Sheng'an confronted the God of Transformation over Fan Yilai’s death.

• The God of Transformation showed the gods a projection of Fan Yilai explaining how lending companies and financial products could trigger a crisis in his Missionary Zone, making the gods suspect Yu Sheng'an.
• Yu Sheng'an dismissed the accusations and offered to exchange Internet Coin for resources, while Aphnora explained how buying up panicked sales could stabilize the market.
• The God of Transformation warned that stockpiling Internet Coin would hand wealth to Yu Sheng'an, but the Goddess of Wisdom and other gods requested exchanges anyway.
• Yu Sheng'an assigned Darnell to handle the exchanges as the God of Transformation realized the gods felt compelled to accept the arrangement to protect their Missionary Zones.
• Yu Sheng'an accused the God of Transformation of coercing Fan Yilai into false testimony and killing him, then demanded atonement.

Mavis and Eric struggled to keep their daughter Eva safe and fed amid the war in Salome, while a nun from the Church of Wisdom offered help. After Star Network News accused the God of the Internet of masterminding the war, the refugees turned against the Internet Bank and surged toward its branch.

• Mavis comforted hungry Eva in a crowd of refugees, and a nun from the Church of Wisdom gave Eva bread and healed her forehead.
• Eric returned with bread and discussed whether to accept the Church of Wisdom's offer, while he and Mavis feared the Transformation Church might return to Salome.
• Eric opened Star Network News and read an article blaming the God of the Internet for the war, including evidence and a video recorded by Fan Yilai before his death.
• Refugees cursed the God of the Internet and accused the Internet Bank of ruining their lives after the report spread through the crowd.
• Agitators urged the refugees to attack the Internet Bank, and the surging crowd charged toward its branch.

A Green-Robed Archmage exposed the God of Transformation’s role in the economic disaster and revealed that Wordsworth had stolen the original God of Transformation’s Godhead, turning the crowd against him. In the Underworld Palace, the God of Death explained that his support for the God of the Internet concealed a plan to force Wordsworth to fuse the stolen Godhead and create a new Authority.

• The Internet Bank used the Music Authority and Optical Tweezers to calm the rioters and seize suspected agitators.
• A Green-Robed Archmage told the crowd that the Transformation Church owned the loan companies and that Wordsworth, not the God of the Internet, was responsible for exploiting them.
• The Green-Robed Archmage showed footage of Fan Yilai changing appearances and revealed that Wordsworth had stolen the original God of Transformation’s Godhead, prompting believers to turn against him.
• The God of Death recalled how the God of the Internet had demanded an apology and compensation from the God of Transformation, setting off the public-opinion war.
• The God of Death told Banshee Elberta he was backing the God of the Internet because he wanted Wordsworth to fuse the stolen Godhead and create a new Authority, enabling his long-planned hunt.

Yu Sheng'an’s Internet overwhelmed the Star Network’s campaign against him, turning the financial crisis into a public spectacle. He then confronted Clementine over corruption at the Internet Bank and showed her that Langerman was only a scapegoat for a wider network of connected families.

• The Internet countered the Star Network’s accusations with sensational headlines, expert financial analyses, and livestream parodies of Fan Yilai.
• The public turned the dispute into entertainment and largely stopped caring about who was responsible for Fan Yilai’s death.
• Clementine told Yu Sheng'an that Langerman had bribed Mike to displace Fan Yilai and drive him to betray the Internet Bank.
• Yu Sheng'an rebuked Clementine for failing to understand the importance of the Internet Bank and explained that he was preparing to launch a Stock Market.
• Yu Sheng'an showed Clementine the connections among Willis alumni, her paternal uncle Kurtz, and Internet Bank employees, revealing that Langerman was a scapegoat.

Yu Sheng'an punished the nobles involved in the Internet Bank scandal, then visited Fan Gewen to discuss his father’s death and the unequal power of the world. Fan Gewen rejected his explanation, and Yu Sheng'an vanished as the God of Death made his move.

• Yu Sheng'an ordered Clementine to execute everyone implicated in the bank’s corrupt hiring chain and offer leniency to those who came forward.
• Yu Sheng'an decided to give Clementine another chance, while Aphnora lamented that Fan Yilai’s son had received none.
• Yu Sheng'an visited Fan Gewen and confirmed that the God of Transformation had killed his father.
• Fan Gewen activated a Mana Bank-linked shield and accused Yu Sheng'an of defending the God of Transformation and deceiving him about strength.
• The Security Team arrived but froze in midair, and Yu Sheng'an vanished after agreeing that the God of Transformation could not be above the law.
• The God of Death made his move.

Mermaid Stacy witnessed the God of Transformation's projection suddenly collapse during a dispute with the God of the Sea and the God of Life. In the Dimensional Gap, the God of Death found the God of Transformation concealed within an energy cloud and summoned a Titan Phantom to attack him.

• Mermaid Stacy served wine as the God of the Sea, the God of Life, and the God of Transformation argued over the God of the Internet and their exchanged authorities.
• The God of the Sea asked Wordsworth to reveal the authority in the Godhead taken from the God of Death, but Wordsworth refused.
• The God of Transformation's projection collapsed at the table, leaving the God of the Sea to suspect that his true body had died.
• The God of Death reflected on his pride and vowed to obtain the Transformation Godhead to strengthen his Dark Web.
• The God of Death summoned a Titan Phantom, causing the energy cloud concealing the God of Transformation to erupt with violent energy.

God of Death killed God of Transformation and fused with his Godhead, while the other gods rushed to seize his Missionary Zones. Amid the ensuing violence, a believer sensed that God of Transformation might still be alive, but God of Death had already completed his fusion.

• God of Death swallowed God of Transformation’s energy cloud, took his Authority, and escaped as the gods gathered outside the sealed space.
• Yu Sheng'an and the other gods suspected God of Transformation had fallen and rushed to investigate and claim his Missionary Zones.
• God of the Sea and God of Life decided to divide God of Transformation’s territory, while Mermaid Stacy stole one magic item from his projection.
• The gods attacked the Transformation Church’s Missionary Zones, and battles spread as ordinary people suffered and died.
• A bandit soldier killed an old believer who claimed God of Transformation was still alive, unaware of the secret his death concealed.
• God of Death fused with the Godhead.

Sawyer confirmed that he had acquired the Transformation Godhead and used his power to take over Gregory's identity in a Godforsaken Land. As a slave arena began, a black-haired young man watched and lamented the cruelty of the spectacle.

• Sawyer absorbed the Transformation Godhead, tested its power, and confirmed that Wordsworth was dead.
• Sawyer recalled how he had used a fragment of his soul to track Wordsworth and considered using the same trick to capture other gods' Godheads.
• Armond feared Gregory was about to kill him, but Gregory transformed him into a guard and ordered him to follow.
• Sawyer, disguised as Gregory, rode to the arena, where slaves were forced to fight for the Sun God's Heir's amusement and a chance at noble status.
• A black-haired, black-eyed young man in an ivory-white fencing uniform watched the slaves and called the spectacle cruel.