Recaps

Nidhogg learned that humans remembered him as a notorious monster, while Megan and Audrey considered using Magic Net livestreams for their programs. Edwin became the first to livestream his survival challenge in the Hundred-Thousand-Li Mountains, drawing viewers who debated whether his feat was genuine.

• A White Dragon warned Nidhogg that his fearsome reputation among human kingdoms could make his appearance in promotional videos backfire, then went to alert dragons in other regions.
• Nidhogg searched Magic Space and angrily denounced the stories about him as malicious slander while the other dragons ignored his roars.
• Megan asked Audrey whether she should turn her daily news program into a livestream, and Audrey said she wanted to try livestreaming casual chats with her fans.
• Edwin began a livestream from the Hundred-Thousand-Li Mountains, claiming he would survive there for a month without magic, divine arts, or supplies.
• Viewers entered Edwin's livestream, discussed the danger of the mountains, and debated whether his bedraggled appearance proved he was relying only on his physical abilities.

Edwin livestreamed survival skills in the Hundred-Thousand-Li Mountains, ate a Thousand-Legged Sandworm, and earned gifts from viewers. While exploring for shelter materials and food, he found a huge structure beyond a narrow gorge.

• Edwin showed viewers his mud-and-moss shelter and explained how it kept its occupant warm and dry.
• Edwin found a Thousand-Legged Sandworm, demonstrated its sand-spraying defense, and ate it as food.
• I’m Really Not the Cult Heir sent Edwin a 100-gold-coin gift, and Edwin celebrated the 70 gold coins credited to him.
• Audrey watched Edwin’s livestream with Megan and considered how livestreaming might help her church gain attention.
• Edwin explored a narrow gorge and discovered an enormous structure at its far end.

Edwin discovered a vast, pristine Stargazing Observatory hidden in the Hundred-Thousand-Li Mountains, and his livestream set the Magic Net abuzz. As he sensed the ruins were causing night to fall and detected prey nearby, he spotted glowing jellyfish floating in the sky while Roger watched from the Divine Kingdom.

• Edwin found an enormous marble Stargazing Observatory concealed among the mountains and showed it to his livestream viewers.
• Mages and nobles recognized the structure as an extraordinary observatory, and the Magic Net erupted with interest.
• A young Stargazer told Lord Star Weaver that the Evernight Dome had been found, fulfilling a bounty posted three hundred years earlier.
• Lord Star Weaver learned that Hunting Association member Edwin had discovered the dome and that hundreds of thousands were watching his livestream.
• Edwin approached the observatory, sensed its nightfall effect, and decided to use extraordinary power because he could smell prey.
• Edwin saw glowing jellyfish floating in the sky, and Roger asked what they were.

Roger watched Edwin’s wilderness livestream as it led to the Evernight Dome, an ancient observatory built around a special meteorite in the Hundred-Thousand-Li Mountains. Edwin escaped the creatures emerging from the darkness and learned that the Stargazers of Eternal Night City wanted the observatory’s location, leaving him ready to negotiate with the Pope.

• Betty identified the structure as the Evernight Dome, a magical observatory built thousands of years earlier by a large group of mages.
• The Magic Goddess explained that the observatory stood in a special valley where gods had redirected an enormous meteorite.
• As strange creatures and animated artifacts appeared, Edwin used priestly power and Mana Bombs while trying to escape the darkness.
• The Hunting Pope called Edwin and told him the Stargazers of Eternal Night City wanted the Evernight Dome’s location and would offer him benefits.
• Edwin reached daylight, ended his livestream, and asked the Pope what the Stargazers were willing to pay.

Edwin’s announcement drew mages from across the continent to the Evernight Dome, and he began a livestream of the ruin’s exploration. Starweaver’s team prepared to enter while arranging for Great Dragon Express to transport non-stargazing treasures to an auction.

• Reports about the Evernight Dome spread across the Magic Net, drawing Legendary Mages and other groups to the Hundred-Thousand-Li Mountains.
• Audrey postponed her own livestream after Edwin announced that the exploration would begin the next morning.
• Edwin livestreamed a dragon carrying mages in a basket to the site, where an elder asked the dragon to transport treasures for auction.
• The dragon agreed to carry treasures but refused to enter the ruin, and Starweaver approved beginning the exploration.
• Edwin warned the team that darkness and aggressive magical creatures would appear as they approached the stairs.

Star Weaver dispelled the Evernight Dome’s light-and-shadow illusion and led the mages through a hidden entrance in its wall. Inside, they found a vast space that left even Star Weaver’s group stunned.

• Star Weaver revealed that the sky-filling Divination Jellyfish and the tower’s pristine appearance were an illusion created by altering light and shadows, then dispelled it.
• Edwin and the other mages thanked Star Weaver and continued to the tower, finding only ordinary safety reminders along the way.
• When the mages could not find a door, Star Weaver walked through a section of wall that only he and one other person managed to pass through.
• The other mages collided with the wall before Edwin warned them to feel for the real entrance, and they eventually entered the Evernight Dome.
• The Magic Net’s livestream briefly distorted as the group crossed inside, where they saw a space far larger than the exterior and stopped in surprise.

Star Weaver led the group through the Evernight Dome’s dangerous, star-filled entrance and showed them a recording of its founders becoming obsessed with an undecipherable signal from beyond the planet. After the recording ended, the group prepared to continue exploring the upper floors.

• Star Weaver warned the group to follow him across a concealed bridge, and a dark magic arrow injured someone who stepped off the safe path.
• Star Weaver identified the central platform as an elevator, but the surrounding stars transformed into an image of the Evernight Dome’s founders.
• The stone statues revealed humanlike figures discussing a mysterious signal whose frequency seemed to agitate stone and their creations.
• The recording showed the founders repeatedly failing to decipher the signal, growing irritable, and eventually fighting among themselves.
• Star Weaver and a Hunting Church priest urged the group to leave the floor and continue exploring upstairs.

The Star Weaver led the expedition through the Evernight Dome, where the explorers found signs that its inhabitants had vanished in an emergency and discovered that many mages had died while mentally linked to a mysterious deduction. After two days of exploration, they gathered a mountain of treasures for appraisal, while the mystery of the Dome remained unsolved.

• The Star Weaver led everyone through the Dome’s still-operating second floor and the offices on the third floor, where Edwin noted that the Stargazers’ belongings had been left behind.
• The Star Weaver broke through a wall beside the sealed magic warehouse door and found rows of bodies drained of their mental power.
• The Star Weaver concluded that the dead mages had linked their minds to accelerate a deduction, but the expedition could not determine what they had been investigating.
• An archbishop of the Hunting God Society urged everyone to finish exploring and focus on recovering the expedition’s cost, and the group completed its search over two days.
• As Edwin’s livestream drew viewers, including gods, the explorers piled their finds before the dragon, who reluctantly began appraising the treasures instead of attacking the Legendary Mages.

Despair Black Dragon Nidhogg learned that Great Dragon Bank’s deposits had passed 100 million Golden Dragon Coins and confidently argued that the bank could profit by lending them out. Meanwhile, Audrey prepared to launch her first livestream after Edwin’s expedition ended, and her promotional video quickly became a Magic Net Videos trend.

• A Golden Dragon told Despair Black Dragon Nidhogg that deposits had exceeded 100 million Golden Dragon Coins, largely because mages were saving money for the Evernight Dome auction.
• The Golden Dragon worried that the bank might owe too much interest, but Nidhogg insisted they could lend out the deposits and earn 5%.
• Audrey decided to begin her first livestream that night after Edwin’s expedition ended, while Newsbird Megan planned to air an exclusive interview with Edwin during the next night’s News Broadcast.
• Audrey released a promotional video showing off a new outfit and dance, and the preview quickly became a Magic Net Videos trend.

The apprentice and the Wild Mage successfully tested their Ultra-High-Speed Hover Train and prepared for a load-bearing test the next day. After work, the apprentice found Audrey’s qipao preview on the Magic Net, and the researchers headed back to Rost Territory while joking about ways to relieve stress.

• The apprentice and the Wild Mage watched the Ultra-High-Speed Hover Train reach six hundred kilometers per hour on its simulated track and planned a load-bearing test for the next day.
• The researchers discussed online videos that might relieve their stress, and the apprentice opened the Magic Net to look for one.
• The apprentice watched Audrey’s preview video featuring a qipao and dance, then told his colleagues she would livestream that night.
• A researcher suggested testing the train overnight, but the others refused and accepted his offer to treat them to a sauna instead.
• The researchers returned to the brightly lit urban district of Rost Territory, where workers were heading to night schools and discussing different topics than usual.

Audrey’s first livestream drew a huge audience, and her dance and warm thanks for gifts made viewers eager to support her. Lane, the Shepherd Order’s heir, basked in the attention after sending her an expensive gift, but his satisfaction soon vanished.

• Mage's Apprentice joined Audrey’s livestream, and the viewer count rapidly climbed past 100,000.
• Audrey performed a traditional welcome dance from the Love and Beauty Church in a qipao.
• Roger and the Magic Goddess discussed Audrey’s appeal and the outfits Roger had sent her.
• Audrey thanked Mage's Apprentice for a gift and promised to create a fan group for supporters.
• Lane sent Audrey a Magic Net No. 1 gift worth 100 gold coins and enjoyed the viewers’ attention before he suddenly lost his smile.

A fierce livestream tipping contest brought Audrey’s church 360,000 gold coins in one night, while Roger explained how the Magic Net would use its share of the gifts to expand access to Magic Net Rings. The chapter ended with the Magic Goddess realizing the benefits of Roger’s plan to give out rings free to Great Dragon Bank depositors.

• Lane tried to reclaim the top donor spot by spending thousands of gold coins, but Dongbo Xueying and Mage's Apprentice matched his gifts and the viewers urged the rivalry on.
• Audrey spent the livestream thanking donors as gifts poured in, while the church’s prepared performances and new clothes went unused.
• At midnight, 'I'm Really Not the Cult Heir' remained the top donor with 150,000 gold coins, and Audrey calculated that the livestream had raised 360,000 gold coins for the new headquarters in Rost Territory.
• Megan asked Audrey whether she could report the earnings as news, and Audrey encouraged her to publicize them.
• The Magic Goddess asked Roger why the Magic Net kept thirty percent of tips, and he said the money would fund mass production of Second-Generation Magic Net Rings.
• Roger planned to give Magic Net Rings free to anyone who deposited more than 1 gold coin at Great Dragon Bank, and the Magic Goddess recognized the plan’s broad benefits.

A Magic Net news report about Audrey’s livestream profits sparked a surge of interest in online earning, while Great Dragon Express prepared a vast auction of treasures. The Magic Net Auction began with 1.2 million users watching, and Legendary Mage Delinkwater stared in shock at its first item.

• The World Economic News Agency reported Audrey’s livestream statistics, including more than 360,000 gold coins in tips, prompting users to explore ways to earn money online.
• Magic Net Videos saw another surge as users began making videos and studying how to attract followers.
• Great Dragon Express received growing numbers of treasures from transcendents and nobles for the Evernight Dome auction.
• More than 1.1 million users entered the Magic Net Auction when its sales and shopping services launched, and the Lord of the Fallen explained how its bidding system worked.
• The Lord of the Fallen began the auction before 1.2 million viewers, while Legendary Mage Delinkwater watched the first item in astonishment.

Archmage Delin, trapped in the Storm Sea after a deadly attack, saw the auction’s Fountain of Life as his best chance to restore his body and survive. As the Lord of the Fallen revealed more legendary items, powerful figures across the continent rushed to compete for them.

• Archmage Delin recalled fleeing into the Storm Sea after attackers pushed his body to the brink of collapse.
• The Lord of the Fallen introduced the Fountain of Life, and Delin decided he had to obtain it to restore his body and gain five hundred years of life.
• Delin realized his fortune might not cover the price, so he planned to mortgage his magic tower, research, and territory through the Great Dragon Bank.
• Delin flew toward Dragon Island to seek the dragons’ mortgage services, while others across the continent made similar plans.
• The Lord of the Fallen introduced a method for creating Magic Life and then announced a stream of legendary treasures, prompting countless powerful figures to act.

The Magic Net auction revealed treasures powerful enough to draw the attention of the continent’s most influential mages, nobles, and ancient beings. As the Remore Clan prepared to bid for items that could complete its evolution, Archmage Delin arrived at Dragon Island and found no dragons in sight.

• Mages and nobles across the continent reacted to the auction’s legendary treasures, and people without Magic Net access began buying Magic Net Rings to follow it.
• A lord woke his Remore Clan ancestor and told him that a Life Origin Pearl and a Chaos Blood Core were being auctioned.
• The ancestor learned about the Magic Net, vowed to buy both items, and ordered the clan to prepare its seven thousand years of wealth for bidding.
• Ancient monsters across many races and factions awoke after their descendants told them about the auction, especially the Fountain of Life.
• Archmage Delin arrived at Dragon Island after an hour of flight and was stunned that he could neither see nor sense any dragons.

Archmage Delin reached Dragon Island and asked the Great Dragon Bank for a loan so he could recover and bid at the auction. After receiving 1.25 million gold coins against his magic tower and territory, he stayed with the Elder Council and watched the Fountain of Life auction, which had not yet drawn serious bids.

• Archmage Delin found a Green Dragon hunting and asked it to take him to the Elder Council.
• Archmage Delin offered his magic tower and territory as collateral for a loan from the Great Dragon Bank.
• A Silver Dragon approved a loan of 1.25 million gold coins, bringing Archmage Delin's balance to 1.5 million Dragon Gold Coins.
• The Silver Dragon invited Archmage Delin to stay at the Elder Council while he recovered.
• Archmage Delin checked the Magic Net and saw that the Fountain of Life auction price was still 180,000 gold coins, so he waited and looked for other treasures.

Roger and the Magic Goddess discussed the influx of Legendary worshippers and the wealth deposited in Great Dragon Bank. In the mortal world, Wool Ryan's father beat him for spending 150,000 gold coins, but Ryan proposed using Magic Net Videos to sell the Shepherd Order's backlogged wool products.

• Roger and the Magic Goddess noted that more than forty Legendary figures had begun praying to them and that Great Dragon Bank had collected over three hundred million Golden Dragon Coins.
• The Shepherd Pope whipped Wool Ryan for giving away 150,000 gold coins and missing the chance to spend it at the auction.
• The Shepherd Pope admitted that he had spoiled Ryan, then resigned himself to the Shepherd Order missing out on the auction.
• Wool Ryan proposed selling the order's backlogged wool through Magic Net Videos storefronts to restore its funds.

Wool Ryan persuaded the Shepherd Pope to let him promote the Wool Guild’s products through a Magic Net stream, betting that viewers and direct shipping would help sell their inventory. His stream drew attention as planned, and he began presenting himself as an abused rich man while promising viewers benefits.

• Wool Ryan explained that the Wool Guild could sell wool products directly online and let customers choose their own shipping speed and cost.
• Wool Ryan convinced the Shepherd Pope to fund Second-Generation Magic Net Rings and give him one chance to prove his plan.
• Wool Ryan prepared his subordinates to boost the stream with comments, likes, and coordinated participation, then had craftsmen cover him in fake wounds.
• Wool Ryan started the stream, and Shepherd Church members filled the chat with scripted reactions as viewers were drawn in through online promotions.
• Wool Ryan told viewers that his father had punished him for donating money and promised to give away Wool Guild products as benefits.

Wool Ryan used his position as the Shepherd Order’s heir to sell wool felt cheaply through a livestream, presenting the discounts as revenge against his father. The buyers rushed to place orders, while Roger watched the spectacle in the Divine Kingdom and joked with the Magic Goddess about the church’s wealth and reputation.

• Wool Ryan revealed that the Wool Guild belonged to the Shepherd Order and listed ten thousand pieces of wool felt for three gold coins each.
• Buyers ordered the discounted wool felt, encouraged by livestream comments and the low shipping costs.
• A lackey pleaded with Wool Ryan to stop selling at a loss, but Wool Ryan loudly criticized his father and announced he would list fifty thousand wool sweaters.
• The Shepherd Pope watched in stunned silence as Wool Ryan and the lackey appeared to struggle over the sales.
• Roger told the Magic Goddess that a church with an heir like Wool Ryan could become the richest in the mortal world, though its reputation might suffer.

Roger explained how Wool Ryan’s staged livestream and bargain prices had cleared the Wool Guild’s stock and drawn a huge audience. Wool Ryan then listed the remaining inventory as his furious father attacked the church, leaving viewers scrambling to buy before the stream ended.

• Roger explained that Wool Ryan had built a convincing wastrel persona and used staged comments and a scripted feud to promote his stream.
• After the first batch of wool products sold out, Wool Ryan listed another fifty thousand items and urged viewers to buy them.
• Wool Ryan’s staff and clergy continued encouraging the viewers as sales surged and the guild’s warehouse stock rapidly dwindled.
• With the audience topping 200,000, Wool Ryan claimed his father was coming to stop the sale and began listing the rest of the warehouse inventory.
• Explosions sounded as Wool Ryan warned that his father was breaking through the church’s defenses and viewers rushed to grab the remaining goods.

Wool Ryan sold 1.2 million wool products through Magic Net Videos, while he and the Shepherd Pope staged a public beating to hide the Shepherd Church’s profits. After learning how much they had earned, the Shepherd Pope offered to hand Wool Ryan control of the Church and Wool Guild, but Wool Ryan insisted on keeping his wastrel image and discussed financing the delayed payments with a mortgage loan.

• Wool Ryan sold more than a million wool products in minutes, and the Shepherd Pope appeared on the livestream to attack him before the screen went black.
• Roger revealed to the Magic Goddess that Wool Ryan, the Shepherd Pope, and their people were staging the beating while the Shepherd Church sold its stock at a large profit.
• After the livestream ended, Wool Ryan told the Shepherd Pope that the sale brought in four million gold coins and over two million more profit than expected.
• The Shepherd Pope praised Wool Ryan and offered to pass him the Shepherd Pope position and the Wool Guild, but Wool Ryan said he needed to maintain his wastrel image.
• The Shepherd Pope told Wool Ryan that Great Dragon Bank would lend against the orders while the auction payments were still pending.

Master Karl began selling his alchemical creations on the Magic Net after Wool Ryan’s success, while Audrey and Megan planned to sell Rost Territory goods through livestreams. Viscount Rost proposed expanding their idea into a network of livestream rooms staffed by Love and Beauty Church clerics.

• Master Karl uploaded a video demonstrating his Automatic Cleaning Magitech Device and listed his inventions for sale on the Magic Net.
• Several of Master Karl’s Magitech Devices sold, and he decided to list his filming stand and fill lights after fans asked about them.
• Audrey proposed selling Rost Territory goods online, and Megan suggested starting with clothing.
• Audrey and Megan messaged Viscount Rost about their plan, and he replied with a proposal to set up livestream rooms where clerics sold different kinds of local products.

Viscount Rost saw Wool Ryan’s success as a way to sell Rost Territory’s products through popular Magic Net personalities and planned to improve logistics with Super-High-Speed Trains. Meanwhile, the Fountain of Life auction surged toward its deadline, leaving Archmage Delin afraid that the price would exceed his funds.

• Viscount Rost proposed using popular Magic Net personalities to promote and sell products from Rost Territory, and Audrey agreed to revise the designs for the plan.
• Viscount Rost reviewed delivery options and concluded that Super-High-Speed Trains could accelerate the Magitech Industry.
• The Fountain of Life auction rose to six hundred thousand gold coins under a bid from Meteor Volcano Sakaski, prompting speculation about who could challenge him.
• An unidentified bidder raised the price to eight hundred thousand gold coins, and the bids continued climbing as the deadline approached.
• Archmage Meteorfall Delin watched the price rise toward his limit of one million five hundred thousand gold coins and prayed that it would stop.

Archmage Delin won the Fountain of Life for 1.5 million gold coins, and the auction’s prices climbed far beyond expectations. As the auction ended with 240 million gold coins in sales, Despair Black Dragon Nidhogg prepared to expand Dragonkind’s banking and transport ventures.

• Archmage Delin made a final bid of 1.5 million gold coins and won the Fountain of Life, staking his entire fortune.
• Magic Net spectators marveled at the winning price and realized the auction’s long bidding periods let buyers gather funds, driving prices sharply upward.
• Despair Black Dragon Nidhogg and the Elder Council discussed the auction’s success, their nearly 400 million gold coins in deposits, and a proposed 50-million-coin loan to Viscount Rost for a new Southlands transportation venture.
• Despair Black Dragon Nidhogg agreed to consider lending to Viscount Rost at ten percent interest and saw the auction as a way to establish Great Dragon Express and Great Dragon Bank.
• The auction ended at six in the evening with a total transaction value of 240 million gold coins.

After seeing the Magic Net Auction Forum discuss the recent auction and demand for affordable goods, the Alchemy Guild president planned to use Magic Net Videos to promote the guild and sell alchemical products. He proposed a continent-wide Alchemy Competition, leaving the guild’s executives to organize competitions that would attract viewers and customers.

• Magic Net users discussed the auction’s enormous sales, compound interest at the Great Dragon Bank, and the need for affordable goods for ordinary customers.
• The Alchemy Guild president summoned headquarters management to discuss the new Magic Net Videos feature and proposed creating a department to promote the guild and sell members’ products through a storefront.
• The president argued that the guild could serve the large market for mid- and low-end alchemical goods, while executives debated how to attract viewers.
• The president proposed a continent-wide Alchemy Competition with city, regional, national, and continental stages, livestreamed by guild branches and featuring impressive titles for champions.