Chapter Summaries

Yu Sheng'an arranged for Clementine to prepare Internet Bank branches and recruit local tellers in the Kaman Confederation, confident that his business model would spread the Internet into other nations. At Felix Magic Academy's opening ceremony, Caesar joined the eager crowd to hear Yu Sheng'an's speech, and the chapter ended as Yu Sheng'an stepped onto the podium.

• Yu Sheng'an told Clementine that the nobles would agree to his terms and asked her to plan Internet Bank branches, especially recruiting Kaman Confederation residents as tellers.
• Clementine pledged herself to the God of the Internet and asked Yu Sheng'an whether he would speak at Felix Magic Academy's opening ceremony; he confirmed it.
• Caesar spent the night before the ceremony excited and woke early, preparing with the advanced Magic Puppet Parker had lent him.
• Caesar joined the crowds gathering at Felix Glory Square, grateful to Yu Sheng'an for giving him the chance to become a Magic Apprentice.
• Dendall announced the opening ceremony, and Yu Sheng'an stepped onto the podium amid the crowd's cheers.

At Felix Magic Academy’s opening ceremony, Asheff delivered a theatrical self-introduction before demonstrating that light included invisible wavelengths with distinct abilities. He urged apprentices to choose magic for themselves and question tradition, then faced questions from the audience.

• Duke Mallory reunited with his aging mentor Darnell, who had come to hear Asheff speak about Light Magic.
• Asheff introduced himself with a humorous Virtual Scroll presentation that stunned the audience.
• Asheff criticized Light Magic as too complex for ordinary people, then used a beam of light to bring Andre onto the stage as his assistant.
• Asheff used light to reveal Andre’s clothing and body, encouraged him to believe he could graduate, and sent him back to his seat more confident.
• Asheff displayed invisible kinds of light through a Virtual Screen and explained that each possessed unique abilities, renewing the audience’s interest in Light Magic.
• Asheff urged the apprentices to question traditional magic and choose their specialties for themselves, then concluded his speech amid a standing ovation.

Yu Sheng'an ended a popular question-and-answer session at Glory Square after answering questions about Magic, then met Darnell, an elderly Light Magic specialist nearing the end of his life. Yu Sheng'an offered him Light Magic knowledge and a thirty percent increase in his chances of becoming a Magic God in exchange for a price that he had not yet named.

• A student asked Yu Sheng'an about his abilities, and he answered that he was a Magic Apprentice, which the crowd interpreted as a lesson in humility and lifelong learning.
• A male student asked whether Soul Power, magic power, or Magic Runes mattered most, and Yu Sheng'an answered with a story about a Battle Disciple who knew only the Sword Drawing Technique.
• Yu Sheng'an answered further questions about Magic, then ended the session when it consumed too much Source Essence and left the venue despite the students' protests.
• Darnell caught up with Yu Sheng'an in a garden and asked to exchange something of equal value for his Light Magic research materials.
• Yu Sheng'an pointed out that Darnell faced death or Undead Conversion if he failed to become a Magic God, then offered him Light Magic knowledge and a thirty percent greater chance of advancement for a price.

Yu Sheng'an recruited Darnell with a twenty-year contract, promising Source Essence and Light Magic knowledge to raise his chances of becoming a Magic God. Meanwhile, Raymond helped Baron Bardma find a way to use the wealth in his Internet Bank account, and revealed that the merchant caravan’s owner was Tony.

• Yu Sheng'an offered Darnell a twenty-year contract and one million Standard Units of Source Essence, and Darnell signed after checking its terms.
• Yu Sheng'an added Darnell to Internet Social and sent him Light Magic knowledge and Source Essence, leaving him convinced that becoming a Magic God was within reach.
• Raymond used his summoned Undead Demon Squad to eliminate the bandits in Baron Bardma’s territory and later helped Bardma benefit from the Internet.
• Baron Bardma used the Internet to train guards and trade in Kazadum, but could not withdraw his growing wealth because the Kaman Confederation had no Internet Bank Branch.
• Raymond told Baron Bardma that a merchant caravan could help him spend his account wealth and identified its owner as Mr. Tony.

Baron Bardma anxiously awaited Tony's delivery, only to learn that Tony had arrived aboard a hired Floating Airship from Lord Asheff's Dragon Logistics Company. After Tony explained that cash was now costly and inconvenient compared with bank transfers, Bardma wondered whether his hoarded Gold Coins had become worthless.

• Baron Bardma worried that Tony's caravan had not arrived and checked that his warehouse was safe.
• Tony contacted Baron Bardma and revealed that he had flown past the castle in a Floating Airship.
• Baron Bardma received Tony and learned that the airship belonged to Lord Asheff's Dragon Logistics Company, which transported goods for hire.
• Baron Bardma inspected and paid for his delivery, then arranged to place another order for the reserved goods.
• Tony explained the costs and difficulties of accepting cash, leaving Baron Bardma fearing that his stored Gold Coins were worthless.

Old Fern returned from Count Boise’s gold-farming team to find cheap cloth and other changes transforming the city, while villagers suffered from the impact on their livelihoods. After reuniting with his family, he asked his son whether he would become a Master Mage, leaving the boy stunned.

• Old Fern secretly learned a trick to bypass Contracts so he could tell his son about the Internet Divine Art.
• Old Fern found the city changed and bought two bolts of surprisingly good cloth at a much lower price than before.
• An ox-cart driver told Old Fern that cheap cloth had ruined local weavers’ work and that Widow Mary had disappeared after going to collect night soil.
• Old Fern paid the driver an extra Copper, returned home, and reunited with his wife and son.
• Old Fern asked Little Fern whether he would be willing to become a Master Mage, and Little Fern froze.

Little Fern explored the Internet’s offerings while the Goddess of Wisdom’s meeting with the Kaman Gods failed to produce a plan to stop its spread. After the Gods began considering how to exploit the Internet, the Goddess of Wisdom learned that the God of Death had launched a similar Dark Web Divine Art.

• Little Fern stayed awake exploring the Internet until Old Fern warned him to hide its light and act normally.
• The Goddess of Wisdom observed that her followers’ prayers focused on personal gain and met with the Goddess of Luck, the God of Dark Night, the God of Fear, and the Goddess of Pleasure to discuss the Internet’s growing influence.
• The Goddess of Wisdom argued that they could not stop the Internet and suggested that its trade and Divine Arts might benefit them, prompting the Gods to consider using it and collaborating to reproduce Machine Tools.
• After the other Gods departed, the Goddess of Wisdom remained to plan as she worried about the Internet’s spread through other planes.
• An armored Corpse Guard reported that the God of Death had introduced the Dark Web Divine Art, and the Goddess of Wisdom rose in shock.

Yu Sheng'an learned that the God of Death had created the Dark Web, but reframed the rival network as a chance to spur competition and improve his own Internet. He infiltrated the God of Death’s Missionary Zone to inspect the Dark Web and was shocked by what he found.

• Aphnora and Phoebus worried that the God of Death’s new Internet threatened their alliance with Yu Sheng'an, but Yu Sheng'an argued that competition between rival networks would keep the other gods divided.
• Yu Sheng'an told Aphnora and Phoebus to hold their ground, follow the plan, and let the God of Death spread the Dark Web before they drew users away with better content.
• After the meeting, Yu Sheng'an reflected on the technological race between civilizations and resolved to learn more about his enemy.
• Yu Sheng'an sent a Divine Projection into the God of Death’s Missionary Zone and activated a Dark Web Mithril Ring in an inn’s cellar.
• Yu Sheng'an discovered that the Dark Web used souls for ultra-long-range communication and began examining its features, then nearly spat blood at what he saw.

Yu Sheng'an explored the God of Death’s Dark Web and entered God of Death Follower through a Ghost avatar, discovering that its undead gameplay copied many features of his Internet and Conquest of Sub-Plane. He left the city with player Godzilla to test the undead avatar, ending their conversation by mentioning the Internet.

• Yu Sheng'an inspected the Dark Web and found that it had copied most of the Internet’s features and content, including his sub-plane conquest game.
• Yu Sheng'an used a Ghost avatar to enter God of Death Follower and found himself controlling a low-level undead among newly summoned players.
• Yu Sheng'an replaced his undead avatar’s bones, compared its cheap bone components with his costly Prosthetic Armor, and explored the city’s teleportation network.
• Yu Sheng'an teamed up with a lizard-like player and suggested she rename herself Godzilla.
• Yu Sheng'an and Godzilla left the city and entered the gray wilderness, where he explained that he had played before because the Internet had existed longer than the Dark Web.

Yu Sheng'an discovered that the Contract Godhead had an Authority of Souls after failing to use a contract to block the Dark Web. He decided to accelerate his plans to gain users and pursue that authority, then invited Dillon Adam to meet his own kind.

• Yu Sheng'an observed Godzilla use an Undead Avatar to access the Internet and wondered whether he could harvest Source Essence from Underworld undead.
• After testing the Dark Web, Yu Sheng'an compared it with the Internet and considered using contracts to prevent users from copying Internet content and accessing the Dark Web.
• Yu Sheng'an found that the Contract Godhead could not enforce a ban on the Dark Web because it involved the Underworld Authority and the authority over souls.
• Yu Sheng'an realized he could pursue the Contract Godhead's Authority of Souls, but deducing it would take at least three months without rapidly gaining more users.
• Yu Sheng'an chose to expand his user base along three fronts and asked Dillon Adam to accompany him to meet his own kind.

The Five Gods Alliance confronted the God of Death’s creation of the Dark Web, and the God of the Sea revealed he was developing an Internet-like system of his own. Meanwhile, the Dark Web spread among the God of Death’s subjects, and its Bank attracted deposits despite lacking the real economy that made finance work.

• The God of War, the God of Life, the Goddess of the Earth, and the God of the Sea met to discuss the threat posed by the Dark Web and weighed submission against attacking the Underworld.
• The God of the Sea proposed that they create another Internet, then left after the others denied having useful Godheads and disclosed that he had ideas of his own.
• The God of War, the God of Life, and the Goddess of the Earth realized they might be the only members of the former alliance without an Internet-like weapon.
• Philip, an Internet user who had become a false believer, welcomed the Dark Web because it let him go online without secretly logging into the Internet.
• Jerry found the Dark Web’s Q&A Community disappointing because it lacked the relationship stories he enjoyed reading on the Internet.
• Gallup and other elites deposited savings in the Dark Web Bank, while the God of Death failed to understand that the bank lacked the real economy needed to support its finances.

Sawyer, God of Death, celebrated the Dark Web’s rapid growth to more than two billion users and planned to use the Fifth Calamity to expand his power. He avoided attacking the Prime Plane for now and launched a flyer campaign to spread the Dark Web across Aizeya Continent.

• Sawyer, God of Death, learned that the Fifth Calamity had more than two billion registered users and over five hundred million concurrent users.
• Duke and the other gods praised Sawyer, God of Death, as he recognized the Dark Web’s power and resolved that only he should wield it.
• Sawyer, God of Death, ordered his legion to prepare for battle and chose to conquer Small and Medium Planes before attacking the Prime Plane.
• Sawyer, God of Death, decided to imitate the God of the Internet’s flyer strategy and use Source Essence rewards to attract more users and fighters.
• The God of Death’s followers gathered paper and spread prayers and Dark Web flyers across Aizeya Continent, as a vast calamity began.

Viya awakened her Dragonborn bloodline after meeting Yu Sheng'an and Dillon Adam, and discovered through an Internet Mithril Ring that the Kevil Empire and Magic were real. Yu Sheng'an secured permission to spread the Internet in Idis and reunited Dillon Adam with Ulysses, but a vision from Vilia suddenly enraged him.

• Viya saw Yu Sheng'an and Dillon Adam arrive through a Teleportation Array, and Dillon Adam's presence awakened her Dragonborn bloodline.
• Yu Sheng'an gave Viya a Mithril Ring, and she learned that Kevil Empire was protected by the God of the Internet and allowed people to cultivate Magic.
• Viya returned home with her awakened golden eyes, and her mother reacted with excitement instead of scolding her.
• Yu Sheng'an explained to Dillon Adam that he had given Viya the ring to promote the Internet, then asked Dillon Adam to summon his companions.
• Ulysses arrived, recognized Dillon Adam as the son of Dillon Harris and Dalton Yvonne, and invited him to return to Dragon Island.
• Yu Sheng'an obtained permission to spread the Internet in Idis, and Dillon Adam left with Ulysses before Yu Sheng'an saw something in Vilia that enraged him.

The God of Death launched the Dark Web across Aizeya Continent, triggering a worldwide surge of users and panic among the Gods. Yu Sheng'an responded by ordering a campaign to promote the Internet and secure new alliances, then asked Aphnora for twelve billion units of Source Essence to escalate his efforts.

• The God of Death spread Flyers announcing the Dark Web across nearly every nation, drawing users with its copied interface, games, music, and magical knowledge.
• Yu Sheng'an reassured the Internet Pantheon leaders and ordered Phoebus to distribute prepared Flyers while Kevil's Magic Gods condemned the Dark Web and publicized the Internet's advantages.
• Yu Sheng'an instructed Aphnora to negotiate with other Gods for permission to spread their Divine Arts in their Missionary Zones, offering weapons and a Bicycle Production Line in exchange.
• After the others departed, Yu Sheng'an summoned Aphnora to his office and asked her for twelve billion units of Source Essence.

Yu Sheng'an received Aphnora's Source Essence and brought her to Vilia, where he explained the Infer Empire's growing unrest and his plan to seize the capital without leaving the territory in chaos. After analyzing the Contract Godhead and modifying the Internet, he realized the Dark Web's new benefit could give him a way to counter the Fifth Calamity.

• Aphnora trusted Yu Sheng'an and transferred her Source Essence to him, and he took her to Vilia to show her the unusual plane.
• Yu Sheng'an explained that the Infer Empire's Royal Family was trying to redirect domestic unrest by provoking a war with the Falai Dynasty, while he planned to use the distraction to take the capital carefully.
• After Aphnora returned, Yu Sheng'an used Source Essence and the Virtual Prophecy Godhead to analyze the Contract Godhead, discovering its incomplete Binding and Curse abilities.
• Yu Sheng'an modified the Internet framework and its interface to compete with the Dark Web, then received a message from Godzilla offering to bring him to an Instance World.
• Yu Sheng'an realized the Dark Web's new benefit, which let each Player bring an extra person, suggested a way to deal with the Fifth Calamity.

Flyers from the God of Death and the God of the Internet introduced the Internet and Dark Web across the Multiverse, spreading knowledge and weakening the Gods’ rule. As people discovered new ways to learn, communicate, and resist, the God Era ended and the Internet Era began.

• A poor youth in Gas Town picked up a flyer, activated a Virtual Screen, and discovered the Internet.
• A mage in Mist Forest learned that the Aibis Formula he had spent sixteen years deriving was already public knowledge online.
• Farmers in a bandit hideout used the Internet and Dark Web to organize against the Worship Spirit Sect, while the Nar Tribe held a ceremony honoring the God of the Internet.
• A Master Mage ordered the killing of people using Internet or Dark Web Divine Art, but his subjects and followers fled to learn Magic and Battle Qi for themselves.
• Intelligent beings across the Multiverse explored the Internet and Dark Web, and the Gods’ Missionary Zones fell as their foundations of rule were shaken.
• The Gods assembled armies to suppress the new networks but failed, and the Multiverse entered the Internet Era.

Sawyer, God of Death, expanded the Dark Web and organized the Fifth Calamity while dismissing the Internet as a threat. When the Internet introduced Soul Projection, Sawyer realized the God of the Internet might have encroached on his unique Authority and killed Servant God Bazel in a rage.

• Sawyer ordered the Fifth Calamity to attack the Taylor Dynasty without killing humans, and assigned Elro to manage the False Believer Novice Village.
• The gods sabotaged the Dark Web's Novice Villages and infrastructure, so Sawyer scattered the Fifth Calamity behind enemy lines and isolated new users in separate zones.
• After learning the God of the Internet's subordinates were distributing flyers, Sawyer dismissed the Internet and praised the Dark Web as its superior replacement.
• Bazel reported that the Internet had updated with a Soul Projection Function, and Sawyer checked the Internet and flew into a fury.
• Sawyer killed Bazel, leaving his subordinates to wonder whether the God of the Internet had seized the God of Death's Authority.

Sawyer, God of Death, failed to remove the God of the Internet’s Soul Projection Function and feared the Internet would undermine the Dark Web. He ordered a massive assault on the God of the Internet’s foundations, prompting the multiverse gods to prepare for a wider war.

• Sawyer, God of Death, accused the Underworld Gods of leaking Underworld Authority and shattered their Virtual Godheads to test them, killing two ancient Subordinate Gods.
• Sawyer discovered that the Internet’s Soul Projection Function remained after he reclaimed the Virtual Authority, leaving the Dark Web at a disadvantage.
• Sawyer ordered Duke to send the Fifth Calamity against the Dorphy Plane and Kevil Empire, and Bennett to march the Necromancer Legions on the Kevil Empire.
• Sawyer recalled the Fifth Calamity and Necromancer Legions to destroy the God of the Internet’s foundation before it could grow stronger.
• The multiverse gods watched the sudden redeployment with alarm, strengthened their forces, sought alliances, and began forming factions.

Mackey’s life changed as the Dark Web spread through the Kevil Empire, but fear of its dangers and the Internet’s new soul-login feature drove him back to the Internet. Yu Sheng'an secured the Internet’s dominance in the empire, though it remained evenly matched with the Dark Web in his Missionary Zone, and the God of Death’s sudden retreat left him wary of what came next.

• Mackey rose from towline hauling to factory work by cultivating Battle Qi, then discovered the Dark Web and joined coworkers in using it during work.
• After a Master Mage warned that the God of Death was consuming users’ souls and a distracted worker died in an accident, Mackey prayed to the God of the Internet for forgiveness.
• Mackey found the Internet’s new soul projection feature and switched to Soul Login Mode, realizing it offered an experience like the Dark Web without the same danger.
• The Kevil Empire banned the Dark Web, while the Internet’s Soul Login Mode and Privacy Treaty strengthened its appeal among commoners and elites.
• Yu Sheng'an saw the Internet secure an absolute advantage in the Kevil Empire, but the God of Death’s strategic retreat made him frown.

Yu Sheng'an faced Sawyer, God of Death's invasion of the Kevil Empire with 500 million unkillable Fifth Calamity troops and a public offer to recruit the Three Magic Gods. As his allies despaired and the Magic Gods weighed their choices, Yu Sheng'an claimed he could drive the invading army away within a day.

• Yu Sheng'an revealed a portion of the Virtual Authority of Light and invited Dendall, Zimor, and Bethany to become his Subordinate Gods.
• The meeting was interrupted when Teleportation Arrays lit up across the Kevil Empire and Necromancer Legions began arriving in formation.
• Sawyer, God of Death, announced that he had brought 500 million Fifth Calamity troops and gave the Three Magic Gods one day to surrender and open the Magic barrier.
• Phoebus and Aphnora despaired at the overwhelming invasion, while Aphnora promised to remain loyal to Yu Sheng'an.
• Yu Sheng'an told the Three Magic Gods he would not blame them if they defected, advised them to prove their worth first, and asked for one day to make the invaders retreat.