Chapter Summaries

As the gods expected the God of Death to defeat Yu Sheng'an, Yu Sheng'an entered Saint Todd Roli Cathedral and demanded that the Five Great Gods join him in attacking the God of Death. When they rejected his demand, he threatened to attack them instead, leaving the clever gods alarmed by the implication.

• The Goddess of Wisdom and the other Kaman Gods celebrated the God of Death's assault on the Kevil Empire and hoped to obtain Yu Sheng'an's firearm Production Lines.
• The gods in Beren Cathedral decided to wait for Yu Sheng'an to ask them for help before offering support.
• Yu Sheng'an arrived at Saint Todd Roli Cathedral with Aphnora and Phoebus and entered a Confession Room where the God of War, the Goddess of the Earth, the God of the Sea, and the God of Life appeared.
• The God of War mocked Yu Sheng'an for supposedly coming to beg for help, but Yu Sheng'an demanded that the gods join forces against the God of Death.
• When the God of War challenged his authority, Yu Sheng'an declared that he would attack the gods if they refused, and the clever gods realized the threat's significance.

Yu Sheng'an used the threat of destroying the Four Righteous Gods’ Missionary Zones to demand that they stop opposing him, then fought off the God of War when he attacked. He left the Confession Room unchallenged, while the Four Righteous Gods recognized the danger of his power and his ability to retaliate.

• Yu Sheng'an told the Four Righteous Gods he could devastate their Missionary Zones and still survive through his Internet divine nature, leaving them vulnerable to losing their Source Essence.
• The God of War demanded a hundred firearm Production Lines, but Yu Sheng'an refused and walked out of the Confession Room.
• The God of War attacked Yu Sheng'an from behind, and Yu Sheng'an's Sound Barrier wounded the God of War as Yu Sheng'an's lasers forced him to retreat.
• The God of Life stopped the escalating fight, and Yu Sheng'an and the God of War both recovered from their injuries.
• Yu Sheng'an left without further challenge, and the Four Righteous Gods feared his power and ability to strike back.

Erin carried the Magic Forest’s precious seeds to Willis’s city wall as the Empire prepared for an invasion by Sawyer, God of Death. With Sawyer threatening to attack, Asheff ordered the city’s magic shield lowered and challenged him to enter.

• Erin destroyed most of the Magic Forest’s experimental data and seeds, packed the remaining samples, and headed to the city wall to find Asheff.
• As Erin crossed Willis, she saw frightened citizens crowding outside Internet Bank and discovered that Asheff had paid her a large salary.
• Erin reached the wall and saw an enormous Undead Legion surrounding Willis, leaving the city’s defenders terrified.
• Sawyer, God of Death, demanded that the Three Magic Gods surrender and began counting down before threatening to slaughter the city.
• Asheff laughed, told Sawyer to enter if he dared, and the magic shield over Willis vanished.

Yu Sheng'an lowered Willis’s Magic Shield and used a revelation of the four Righteous Gods’ invasion to disrupt the God of Death’s forces, then unleashed the Domain of Light and joined Kevil’s counterattack. The God of Death transformed into an Ancient Dark Dragon and then a Titan, but Keshan’s royal bloodline activated Kevil’s founding shield to protect Willis; the God of Death then targeted the city’s people with Undead Conversion.

• Yu Sheng'an lowered Willis’s Magic Shield, and the God of Death sent the Fifth Calamity to test the city’s defenses.
• Yu Sheng'an showed Virtual Screens depicting the four Righteous Gods attacking the God of Death’s Missionary Zones, causing many undead to panic or log out.
• The Goddess of Music’s altered Bugle Call confused the remaining Fifth Calamity, and the God of Death ordered a retreat.
• Yu Sheng'an declared, “God said, let there be light,” and his Domain of Light destroyed the Fifth Calamity near Willis as Kevil’s forces charged the retreating legion.
• The God of Death transformed into an Ancient Dark Dragon and then a Titan, but Keshan activated Kevil the Great’s Blood Shield to protect Willis.
• The God of Death failed to break through the Blood Shield and cast Undead Conversion at the Kevil soldiers advancing outside the city.

Yu Sheng'an stopped the God of Death’s assault on Willis and drove him away after Curse: Deprivation split the Titan Remnant Soul. With the city safe, Yu Sheng'an rejected a direct invasion of the God of Death’s territories and proposed using a mercenary army to profit from the wider war.

• Dendall, Zimor, and Bethany tried to shield Willis’s soldiers from the God of Death’s Undead Conversion, but Yu Sheng'an cursed the God of Death and exposed the Titan Remnant Soul.
• The God of Death used Soul Swap against Yu Sheng'an, and their competing Authorities split both the Titan Remnant Soul and the Dark Dragon Soul before the God of Death fled through a Teleportation Array.
• Yu Sheng'an reassured Aphnora that the God of Death had left, while Willis’s citizens celebrated the victory and returned their withdrawn money to the Internet Bank.
• Yu Sheng'an directed Erin to assess farmland damage, replant suitable crops, and arrange compensation for the affected farmers.
• Yu Sheng'an refused Bethany’s request to attack the God of Death’s Missionary Zone and argued that the Kevil Empire should develop its own territory rather than expand recklessly.
• Yu Sheng'an proposed forming a Mercenary Army that would use Fourth Calamity players as cannon fodder to earn wealth, train troops, spread the Internet, and gain Source Essence; the Internet Pantheon’s leaders gathered to plan it.

After the Willis Battle, Clementine returned to the Dragon Factory at Yu Sheng'an’s summons while the Internet Pantheon prepared a Faction System for Conquest of Sub-Plane. Yu Sheng'an praised her handling of the Internet Bank run crisis, leaving their discussion poised to continue.

• Clementine arrived at Felix's Ring Magic Tower, heard that her brother was busy, and sent him a proud message praising his work.
• The Willis Battle dominated the Internet, and users celebrated the God of the Internet and the Kevil Royal Family’s Blood Shield.
• Clementine traveled to Lord Asheff’s private residence in the Dragon Factory and met Yu Sheng'an in a meeting room.
• Yu Sheng'an developed a Faction System that would use Player Guilds and Mercenary Corps for missions, with platform contracts, Internet protection, and several payment options.
• Yu Sheng'an finished adjusting the system, opened his eyes, and praised Clementine for handling the bank run crisis.

After Clementine helped the Internet Bank survive the Willis bank run, Yu Sheng'an recruited her to expand the bank through paper currency and revealed that he was the God of the Internet. Clementine pledged allegiance, received a Virtual Godhead, and was warned to keep her new identity secret.

• Clementine coordinated cash transfers and slowed withdrawals to keep the Internet Bank's branches supplied during the Willis bank run.
• Yu Sheng'an explained how the coming Faction System could let the Internet Bank expand its influence and asked Clementine to help prepare for it.
• Yu Sheng'an introduced paper currency and told Clementine to offer customers a choice between paper and metal currency.
• Yu Sheng'an revealed his identity as the God of the Internet and offered Clementine the status of a Subordinate God in exchange for her allegiance.
• Clementine signed a Master-Servant Contract and received the Virtual Light Authority Godhead from Yu Sheng'an.
• Yu Sheng'an gave Clementine a God-Sealing Magic Item and warned her to conceal her identity as a Subordinate God.

After making Clementine his Subordinate God, Yu Sheng'an considered replacing Metal Currency with Paper Currency and developed a plan for a Mana Bank. He began constructing the system, which could let users store and share mana through the Internet.

• Yu Sheng'an told Clementine that Thorne was dead and that he held the Contract Godhead.
• Clementine left Yu Sheng'an's residence proud and shaken by her new status as a Subordinate God.
• Yu Sheng'an reasoned that Paper Currency could serve people who could not use Virtual Currency and gradually replace Metal Currency.
• Yu Sheng'an imagined a Mana Bank that could pool users' excess energy and support transportation and Magic devices across the multiverse.
• Yu Sheng'an devised a Mana Bank using a divided soul as a Transfer Station, Curse Authority for protection and contracts, and the Prophecy Godhead to process requests.
• Yu Sheng'an sat down and began constructing the Mana Bank.

The Kaman Gods debated whether to aid the God of Dark Night as the Grassland Barbarians attacked Hariman. An envoy of the God of the Internet offered them Fourth Calamity and Kevil Mage mercenaries through the Faction System, provided they allowed Internet Bank branches, and the chapter ended with the Goddess of Wisdom asking how the God of the Internet had persuaded the Four Righteous Gods to attack the God of Death.

• The God of Dark Night demanded reinforcements from the Kaman Gods, but the Goddess of Wisdom and the Goddess of Luck said they could not spare troops amid the wider wars.
• The God of Dark Night threatened to open the Hariman Defense Line, and the Goddess of Wisdom told him to go ahead.
• Detweiler arrived as an envoy of the God of the Internet and revealed that the Faction System let nations hire the Fourth Calamity or Kevil Mages using Source Essence, magic power, or gold.
• Detweiler said the God of the Internet required Internet Bank branches in exchange, and the God of Dark Night agreed to establish one outside the City, within thirty kilometers.
• The Goddess of Wisdom stopped Detweiler as he was leaving and asked how the God of the Internet had persuaded the Four Righteous Gods to attack the God of Death.

The Kaman Gods discovered that the God of the Internet had maneuvered the Four Righteous Gods into supporting Hariman, leaving them unable to retaliate without upsetting the war’s balance. Meanwhile, Justin rejected his family’s attempt to claim influence over his successful Get-Rich Guild and confronted them about how they had treated him.

• Detweiler told the Goddess of Wisdom that he had reasoned with the Four Righteous Gods, then left the meeting.
• A projection showed the Grassland God accusing the God of Dark Night of involving the God of the Internet in the conflict and threatening Hariman with his wealth and the Fourth Calamity.
• The Kaman Gods realized the God of the Internet had deceived them, while the God of Dark Night cursed him for having no sense of fair play.
• Justin met with the Jia Family elders and relatives at the Mage's Hat, where they apologized and asked him to return and help the family through the Get-Rich Guild.
• Justin rejected the Jia clan head's offer, challenged his family for greedily seeking his property, and reminded them that they had allowed him to be bullied.

Justin rejected the Jia Family’s attempt to use their blood ties to gain control of his guild, while Yu Sheng'an prepared the Faction System and worked to open bank branches in Hariman and the grasslands. After the branches were completed, the Faction System officially opened.

• Justin rebuked the Jia Clan Leader and warned the family that the Faction System offered a better path than scheming to seize his guild.
• Justin left Mage's Hat grateful to the God of the Internet and eager for the new opportunities the Faction System would bring.
• Yu Sheng'an delayed a full launch while he arranged bank branches and planned a closed beta to prevent exploits.
• Yu Sheng'an struggled to find a way to store the vast amounts of mana his Mana Bank would handle.
• Yu Sheng'an's North Eyrie Grasslands and Hariman Bank Branches opened on the sixteenth day after the Willis Battle, and the Faction System officially launched.

Moritz and Moritz Charlie were trapped when the Grassland Barbarians invaded their city and began capturing civilians. As they were about to be forced into a Teleportation Array, Moritz begged the God of the Internet for forgiveness, and the Fourth Calamity appeared to rescue them.

• Moritz dismissed Moritz Charlie’s warnings about the invasion and condemned his use of the Internet.
• The Flying Eagle Cavalry attacked the city, and Moritz and Moritz Charlie fled as Grassland Barbarians overran the streets.
• The invaders trapped the fleeing civilians and began sending them through a Teleportation Array to become slaves.
• Moritz Charlie blamed his father’s faith in the Dark Night Temple as the crowd’s prayers turned to other gods, including the God of the Internet.
• Moritz begged the God of the Internet for forgiveness, and countless civilians fell into the earth as the crowd recognized the Fourth Calamity.

The God of Dark Night and the Grassland God both hired the Fourth Calamity, worsening their war while Yu Sheng'an turned the Players’ work into a way to earn money and promote the God of the Internet. Seeking to expand production for his plans to develop the Empire, Yu Sheng'an set his sights on the Dwarf Clan of Kazadum.

• A Player rescued Old Hunter Moritz and urged him to learn Magic or Battle Qi instead of relying on gods for protection.
• The God of Dark Night and the Grassland God both hired the Fourth Calamity, escalating their conflict as each hoped to gain a tactical advantage.
• Yu Sheng'an ordered Guilds and Mercenary Corps to present themselves as forces serving their employers while publicizing the God of the Internet’s role in rescue efforts.
• Yu Sheng'an decided to sell Point Cards so Players could stay online longer and remain reliable during missions.
• Yu Sheng'an planned to use his growing wealth to expand the Empire, clear dangerous wilderness, and build Magic Towers, but his Dragon Factory could not meet demand.
• Yu Sheng'an identified the Dwarf Clan of Kazadum as a new source of production capacity.

The Dwarf Clan debated whether to counterattack or defend against the Fourth Calamity before Yu Sheng'an offered them a chance to submit to the God of the Internet. Chief Ironbeard Ken accepted the offer to protect his starving people, and Yu Sheng'an entered the Ironbeard Tribe, where a young dwarf threw a pebble at him.

• Dwarf King Cort received Detweiler, who offered the Dwarf Clan peace in exchange for promoting the Internet and allowing Internet Bank branches, but Cort demanded the return of the plundered wealth.
• Yu Sheng'an ordered Detweiler to end negotiations, but Chief Ironbeard Ken accepted recruitment after confirming that the Dwarves would not have to change faith or pay tribute.
• Ken denounced Cort for the suffering caused by the war and the theft of the Dragon Factory Production Line, while Cort accused him of betrayal and left the Stone Palace.
• Yu Sheng'an issued a public statement guaranteeing his terms, and Ken led him to the Ironbeard Tribe before convening its Council of Elders.
• Yu Sheng'an toured the impoverished tribe and caught a pebble thrown by a young dwarf, bringing the surrounding area to silence.

After Ebo attacked Yu Sheng'an, Chief Ironbeard Ken presented him and Ella to the human, hoping to turn the tribe against him. Yu Sheng'an redirected the Ironbeard Dwarves’ anger toward Dwarf King Cort, winning Ken’s public support and paving the way for the Internet and new supplies to transform the tribe.

• Ebo threw a stone at Yu Sheng'an, and Ella hid him before Dwarf warriors seized both siblings and brought them before Yu Sheng'an.
• Yu Sheng'an freed Ella and Ebo, but Ebo attacked him again after accusing him of helping kill their parents.
• Yu Sheng'an restrained Ebo and told the Ironbeard Tribe that Dwarf King Cort had started the war by stealing his Production Line.
• Yu Sheng'an promised the tribe peace, Internet access, food, and Production Lines, and Chief Ironbeard Ken endorsed his account.
• Yu Sheng'an blamed Cort for the siblings’ parents’ deaths, and the Ironbeard Tribe split from the Dwarf King as supplies and the Internet arrived.

Ella enjoyed the security and opportunities that Asheff had brought to the Ironbeard Tribe while Ebo devoted himself to studying Magic online. At the Mushroom Farm, Ella discovered that Magic Forest’s advice had produced a room full of Purple Grasshead Mushrooms.

• Ella ate with Ebo, who explained that he planned to practice Water Magic while washing the dishes, and demonstrated his growing magical skill.
• Ella rode her Bicycle through the underground City, passing the guarded Ironbeard Factory and the Internet Bank as she considered saving some of her parents’ Gold Coins there.
• Ella arrived at the Mushroom Farm, where Aunt Maggie told her that the Grasshead Mushrooms had all sprouted purple overnight.
• Ella saw the abundant Purple Grasshead Mushrooms and rejoiced that the rare variety could now be cultivated on a large scale.

Yu Sheng'an decided to launch a bulk-trading e-commerce platform to bind the multiverse’s merchants and buyers to his interests and strengthen his control of trade. After devising a way for buyers and sellers to inspect goods through Spiritual Bodies and oversee shipments in person, he began building the platform.

• Yu Sheng'an concluded that aid and industrial ties alone would not secure the Ironbeard Tribe’s lasting loyalty, so he sought stronger shared interests.
• Yu Sheng'an recognized that bulk trading could make e-commerce viable by spreading teleportation costs across valuable goods and connecting buyers and sellers across the multiverse.
• Yu Sheng'an considered fund custody, barter, and curse contracts, but rejected them as impractical or vulnerable to fraud.
• Yu Sheng'an decided buyers and sellers could inspect goods at the shipping location through Spiritual Bodies, then teleport their true bodies to oversee shipments.
• Yu Sheng'an began constructing the bulk e-commerce platform and added photo and video functions with the Authority of Light.

More than a year after the war, Desova had built a life in Twit as a mage and mentor to Ron, with the Internet helping him advance toward the Archmage realm. A new video-call feature reunited him with his mother and revealed that his father had forgiven him, leaving Desova to promise he would return after becoming an Archmage.

• Desova continued teaching Ron magic while reflecting on how mentoring him and studying online had helped him reach fourth-level magic and begin studying fifth-level spells.
• The Internet’s update added video calls, photos, and Great Internet E-Commerce, prompting Desova to browse the new features.
• Desova answered a video call from his mother, saw her on screen, and abruptly ended the call when he realized she could see him too.
• Ron told Desova that he missed his own mother, and Desova left the house in anger and grief.
• Desova read his mother’s message saying his father had forgiven him and saw a photo of his gray-haired father looking lonely.
• Desova replied that he would return after breaking through to the Archmage realm, then added that it would be soon.

Desova explored Great Internet E-Commerce and saw Dorothy’s success with Magic Forest Seeds, while the new platform transformed trade across the multiverse. It rescued Baron Walker and the Kobold tribe from shortages, but left besieged Grantham’s residents torn between faith in the God of Death and access to food, forcing the God of Death to consider changing the Dark Web.

• Desova returned home, reconciled with Ron, and explored Great Internet E-Commerce, where he watched Dorothy demonstrate Magic Forest Seeds.
• Baron Walker received word that he could buy grain through Great Internet E-Commerce, killed the Golden Harvest Chamber of Commerce’s Second Steward, and learned Dragon Factory would also sell him firearms.
• The Kobold Chieftain traded Gobi Sapphire for supplies and led Manxubu in a ceremony praising the God of the Internet.
• Grantham’s residents faced shortages under siege as the Fifth Calamity’s repeated deaths damaged Players, and some followers of the God of Death wondered whether to use Great Internet E-Commerce.
• The God of Death recognized that Great Internet E-Commerce threatened the Dark Web and considered adding an e-commerce section.

The God of Death tried to turn the Four Righteous Gods against the God of the Internet, while the Four Primal Gods of Vilia grew suspicious of Yu Sheng'an and Azure Star. When the Four Righteous Gods confronted Yu Sheng'an in Willis City, he welcomed their proposed attack on Kevil and warned that he could spread Dragon Factories across the world.

• The God of Death met the Four Righteous Gods and proposed that they join forces against the God of the Internet, prompting them to reconsider the danger of Azure Star.
• The Four Primal Gods debated whether the God of the Internet was connected to Vilia, suspected several upheavals of being his schemes, and agreed to remain cautious.
• Yu Sheng'an reviewed theories about Infinite Energy Storage before the Four Righteous Gods arrived outside Willis City.
• Yu Sheng'an explained that he was willing to sell seeds and Floating Airships, then teleported the Four Gods into a Floating Airship gondola.
• The God of War revealed that the God of Death had proposed an attack on Kevil, and Yu Sheng'an accepted the idea while threatening to spread Dragon Factories across the world.