Recaps

Viscount Rost secured the Agricultural Divine Society’s investment and priests for ten planned pig farms, then considered how to bring more shareholders into Southlands Development Company. At Foster Iron Mine in Muntongs Kingdom, the Lava General questioned a subordinate about a strange monster they had captured.

• Viscount Rost told the Archbishop of the Dawn Agricultural Divine Society that the Agriculture Goddess had directed them to cooperate on breeding pigs.
• Viscount Rost proposed keeping the breeding pigs in the Divine Kingdom temporarily and explained the scale and cost of the planned pig farms.
• Viscount Rost and the archbishop agreed on a forty-percent share for the Agriculture Church in exchange for thirteen million gold coins and the permanent deployment of priests to the farms.
• Viscount Rost reviewed the farm locations and wondered whether a place to trade shares could help bring more shareholders into Southlands Development Company.
• At Foster Iron Mine, the Lava General asked whether a monster had also been captured from the mine, and a subordinate confirmed it had been found during patrol.

Lava General discovered that numerous Worm Monsters inhabited Foster Iron Mine and questioned whether the God of Foster Iron Mine had truly been destroyed. When their mucus appeared to be a promising tire material, the Technology God Church researchers asked him to send some over and capture the creatures alive.

• Lava General ordered Battle Priests to search the mine tunnels, kill Worm Monsters, and protect the miners while remaining alert for the God of Foster Iron Mine.
• Lava General posted photos of a Worm Monster in the Technology God Church Group Chat, where the researchers said they had never seen one.
• Lava General described the Worm Monster's stretchy, lightweight mucus and suggested it might work as tire material for Magitech Devices.
• Wild Mage and Apprentice recognized the mucus's potential and asked Lava General to send some by Great Dragon Express and capture Worm Monsters alive.
• Lava General reconsidered his plans for the mine after the researchers suggested they might eventually need to breed the creatures.

The Lava General inspected the ironworks supporting the Continent's First Iron Mine and found its production far below what he considered necessary. He planned sweeping reforms and set an ambitious target, leaving the local lord stunned by the scale of his demands.

• The Lava General decided the mine's monsters should be captured if possible and drafted a plan to develop the mine and breed the monsters for their useful slime.
• The Lava General traveled to the ironworks and asked the local lord about new housing and annual iron production.
• The lord proudly reported that three thousand workers produced over two million pounds of iron a year, more than the surrounding nations combined.
• The Lava General compared their output unfavorably with Viscount Rost's territory and said he would bring in a senior metallurgical manager to reform the ironworks.
• The Lava General set a target of three hundred thousand tons of iron annually, and the lord questioned whether he had made a mistake.

The Lava General persuaded the mine officials that steel demand would grow dramatically and secured their cooperation with Rost Territory’s planned reforms. He proposed paid work, a path to freedom for slaves, and linking mine employment to New-Style Housing, but had not yet explained how the housing would be tied to jobs.

• The Lava General argued that the age of magitech and steel would create far more demand than heavy cavalry, and the mine official agreed to cooperate with the reforms.
• He said experts from Rost Territory would inspect the mine and prepare a plan, with particular attention to the Magic Blast Furnace.
• The Lava General asked who had worked on the projects and who had funded the reforms and New-Style Housing, learning that the kingdom and local shareholders had contributed.
• He proposed allowing slaves to earn freedom through points and paying wages to farmers and miners, then offered a recruitment plan for the expanding steelworks.
• The Lava General suggested tying employment opportunities to New-Style Housing, leaving the mine officials puzzled as they awaited his explanation.

The Lava General persuaded the mining area supervisor to consider selling workers houses through long-term mortgages, then proposed schools to educate miners’ descendants. As technology combat priests began clearing the mine, the Wild Mage and his apprentice discussed how a newly discovered species could make suitable tires and complete Magitech Vehicles.

• The Lava General explained a housing plan that would give miners down payments and mortgages repaid from their factory wages over twenty years.
• The mining area supervisor praised the plan and said he would report it to the king, while the Lava General suggested building schools for miners’ descendants.
• Technology combat priests guarded the mine entrance as they began exploring and clearing the area, and miners watched them warily.
• In Rost Territory, the Wild Mage and his apprentice discussed how a newly appeared species could enable the production of qualified tires for Magitech Vehicles.
• The apprentice said Magitech Vehicles and Super-High-Speed Trains together would transform transportation across the world.

Wild Mage and the researchers assembled several Magitech Vehicle prototypes while awaiting a suspected tire material from Lava General. The material worked, and the chapter ended with the vehicles running successfully as Wild Mage urged Lava General to preserve the creatures for large-scale breeding.

• Wild Mage and the apprentice gathered Magneto, researchers, and technical specialists to assemble Magitech Vehicle prototypes before Great Dragon Express arrived.
• The researchers built several vehicle models, but without suitable tires their test runs caused severe vibrations and damaged the mechanisms.
• A green dragon delivered a worm-like monster to Wild Mage’s laboratory near Rost Territory.
• The specialists made tires from material left beneath the monster and installed them on several vehicles.
• Wild Mage confirmed the material was viable and asked Lava General to preserve the creatures so they could be bred on a large scale.

The Technology God Church’s leaders witnessed a successful Magitech Vehicle trial and discussed mass production, mining reforms, and financing. Odd Coin Ayr brought news of the new vehicle to the Graycastle Emperor, urging him to respond quickly as Magitech industrialization spread across the continent.

• The Lava General proposed producing Magitech Vehicles for the mines and using loans or Iron Ore exchanges to fund adoption.
• Viscount Rost considered partnering with Great Dragon Bank to sell vehicles on credit, but focused first on mass production and materials.
• Odd Coin Ayr noticed more poor people in the imperial capital, then hurried to meet the Graycastle Emperor.
• Odd Coin Ayr told the Graycastle Emperor that Rost Territory had developed a new Magitech product that could transform the world alongside the Super-High-Speed Train and Great Dragon Express.
• Odd Coin Ayr explained that the Technology God Church prioritized Magitech industrialization across the continent over the interests of individual nations.

Odd Coin Ayr proposed that Graycastle partner with Viscount Rost to manufacture Magitech Vehicles, and the Graycastle Emperor agreed under strict conditions. In the Divine Kingdom, Roger discovered that a Nascent God born from miners’ prayers had evolved a mucus-producing race whose secretions solved the tire problem, though he was unsure whether the creatures could offer faith.

• Odd Coin Ayr showed the Graycastle Emperor videos of Magitech Vehicles and proposed either reverse-engineering them or forming a joint company with Viscount Rost.
• The Graycastle Emperor approved the joint company on the condition that at least half its core production staff were Graycastle’s people and that the empire learned the full production and sales system within ten years.
• The Graycastle Emperor refused to use Dawn Kingdom technology for a Super-High-Speed Train and questioned Odd Coin Ayr about the factories he managed.
• Roger discovered that accidents in a major human-controlled Iron Ore mine had given rise to a Nascent God that liked bloody food.
• Roger told the Magic Goddess that the Iron Mine God had evolved a race whose mucus was suitable for tires, enabling mortals to make Magitech Vehicles.
• The Magic Goddess urged Roger to devour the faith, but Roger doubted whether the Worm Monsters were intelligent or capable of providing faith.

Roger and the Magic Goddess decided to visit the iron mine to investigate the Worm Race and improve the supply of materials for Magitech Industrialization. Roger tested Book’s new Moments and Official Accounts features, ordered several changes, and agreed to take Book to the mortal world once they were ready.

• The Magic Goddess questioned whether the Worm Race had truly evolved, and Roger proposed investigating it and using its faith and mucus to support industrialization.
• Roger also planned to address the Tulip Kingdom’s affairs and investigate whether an external god had invaded Lady Dream’s domain.
• Book told Roger that Moments and Official Accounts were ready, then asked to join the trip to the mortal world.
• Roger tested the new features and asked Book to remove Moments’ dislike button and add post-visibility settings.
• Roger praised Book’s work and promised to take Book along after the changes were finished and the features were released.

Bonnie Sun-Chaser traveled to Rost Territory with a mage companion to see its Magitech innovations and was astonished by the territory’s advanced vehicles and urban life. After the Magic Net introduced Moments and Official Accounts, the two realized they could share pictures of their visit with their friends immediately.

• Bonnie Sun-Chaser left the Graycastle Empire and traveled toward Rost Territory with a talented rune mage.
• Bonnie and her companion saw a fast steel vehicle running on white tires, and they recorded it with their Magic Nets.
• They entered Rost Territory and were impressed by its buildings, factories, security, and bustling streets.
• Bonnie received an announcement introducing the Magic Net’s Moments and Official Accounts features.
• Bonnie and her companion decided to post pictures of Rost Territory’s sights to Moments for their friends to see.

Bonnie’s post about Rost Territory drew attention across the Magic Net, and her friends were shocked by its rapid development. Megan recognized how Official Accounts could help news outlets reach and retain readers.

• Holly Morris opened Moments, saw Bonnie’s post from Rost Territory, and commented that Bonnie’s journey had gone smoothly.
• Holly examined Bonnie’s pictures and was alarmed by Rost Territory’s buildings, happy workers, free schools and libraries, new administration, and Magitech Vehicles.
• Friends shared reactions to Rost Territory’s progress, while Bonnie watched their comments and realized how Moments worked.
• Megan studied Official Accounts and identified their reminder system, archived posts, and potential to boost news readership and retention.

Magic Net’s new official accounts and Moments prompted organizations to plan how to reach users. The Agriculture Archbishop proposed daily broadcasts of weather forecasts and farming advice, while the Corrosion King planned to promote his courses through Moments and a Black Bone Forest account.

• Newsbird Megan considered how to build an official account that would attract users without annoying them.
• The Southlands Agriculture Archbishop saw official accounts as a way to reach more people and proposed daily weather forecasts, agricultural news, and farming tips.
• The Agriculture Archbishop sent his plan to the pope and said he would seek divine guidance, hoping to prevent anyone from obstructing it.
• The Corrosion King decided to promote his courses through Moments, his subordinates, and a Black Bone Forest official account.
• Other people began considering how Moments could help them promote information and products to people who already trusted them.

The Alchemy Association’s chairman planned to use Official Accounts and Moments to promote the upcoming Alchemy Tournament, rewarding members and new followers with Points. As venues began directing people to the account, Magic Net users debated how the new features differed from videos and group chats.

• The Alchemy Association’s chairman gathered senior members and proposed using an Official Account to promote the tournament and publish its schedule.
• Senior members suggested sharing the account through Moments, using alchemists’ personal networks to extend its reach.
• The chairman proposed rewarding members with Points for referrals and giving new followers smaller rewards, creating ways to spend and earn Points.
• The senior members supported the plan and discussed using Points for rare materials, courses, and services to encourage promotion.
• Tournament venues began inviting people to follow the Official Account for schedule updates.
• Magic Net users discussed how Moments reached acquaintances differently from Magic Net Videos and could also simplify announcements.

Viscount Rost registered Official Accounts for his territory and its many projects, then explained to their administrators how to use them. He turned to a meeting with the Engineering Association and Agriculture Church to plan livestock farms for the new pig breed.

• Viscount Rost registered multiple Official Accounts and assigned the leaders of different projects to administer them.
• Viscount Rost gathered the administrators in a Group Chat and explained how Official Accounts could spread information, build brands and communities, and support commercialization.
• Viscount Rost reflected on the changes in his territory and the Southlands and reaffirmed his faith in the Technology God.
• After personnel from the Engineering Association arrived, Viscount Rost called the Agriculture Church's bishops and archbishops to a meeting about constructing advanced livestock farms.

Roger and the Magic Goddess secretly observed the captured Worm Monsters and discussed how they could be raised for industrial use. Roger revealed that carbon or wood cages could contain them, then led the Goddess into the mine to challenge the God of Foster Iron Ore and transform the mining area.

• Viscount Rost's factions continued debating plans for ten pig farms while the Lava General oversaw cages of captured Worm Monsters at Foster Iron Ore.
• The Lava General worried that the miners could not endure the ongoing captures and wondered how to raise the monsters without costly Mithril cages.
• Roger and the Magic Goddess appeared unnoticed, and Roger explained that carbon or wood could contain the ore-eating Worm Monsters.
• Roger explained that the Worm Monsters refined Iron Ore into Refined Iron and died if they ate people or animals.
• Roger led the Magic Goddess into the mine to devour the God of Foster Iron Ore's faith, modify the mine, and extract more Worm Monsters.

Roger entered the faith collective of the God of Foster Mine and absorbed its faith, gaining a new authority. He resolved to prevent the mine god from forming again, leaving the mine’s future under Roger’s control.

• Roger and the Magic Goddess entered Foster Mine unseen and saw the miners’ faith gathering into a golden mass deep underground.
• The Magic Goddess stopped before the faith collective, and Roger continued alone because the mine’s iron-related faith suited him better.
• Roger stepped into the collective, and its faith surged into his Divinity along with miners’ desperate prayers.
• Roger recognized the resentment within the mine god’s faith and decided to drain its faith and authority rather than let it rise again.
• Roger absorbed the collective and sensed the new authority he had gained.

Roger absorbed the faith of the God of Foster Mine and gained two authorities that could accelerate mining technology, stabilize mines, and control mineral veins. He and the Magic Goddess considered how to use them to transform the mines in the area, especially Foster Iron Mine.

• Roger said absorbing the God of Foster Mine's faith had expanded its reach beyond places humans had mined.
• Roger explained that the fusion with his Technology Divine Office had granted him Mining Frenzy and Lord of Mineral Veins.
• Roger described how the authorities could speed up mining machinery, prevent mine collapses, reveal mineral resources, and alter the paths of mineral veins.
• Roger explained that he hoped to turn the mines around Foster Iron Mine into open-pit mines and greatly increase steel production.
• The book praised the authorities' potential to transform Magitech Industrialization, and the Magic Goddess asked Roger how he planned to use them.

Lava General prepared an improvised ritual at Foster Iron Ore after receiving a Divine Oracle that the Technology God would bring down a miracle. As the appointed time arrived, Roger and the Magic Goddess watched, while Roger planned to transform the site into a vast open-pit mine if the ritual succeeded.

• The mining supervisor evacuated the miners and mobilized workers and families to build an altar, while Lava General gathered the Battle Priests for a swift withdrawal.
• Lava General grew anxious because he knew little about Technology God rituals, and Viscount Rost admitted he had only copied other churches’ practices.
• Viscount Rost advised Lava General to combine War God and Magic Goddess ritual techniques and add spectacular spells, inspiring him to prepare an elaborate ceremony.
• Roger and the Magic Goddess returned from touring the Hill Country Community and observed the preparations; Roger said he would use Lord of Mineral Veins to make the site the continent’s largest open-pit mine if the ritual worked.
• The time named in the Divine Oracle arrived.

The Lava General completed a ritual at Foster Iron Mine, and the Technology God’s miracle transformed the terrain into a vast source of accessible Iron Ore. The miracle also captured the Worm Monsters in black-ore cages, while the Lava General continued the ritual.

• Miners gathered as the Lava General began an elaborate ritual with a thousand Battle Priests, who fired Flame Vortices into the sky.
• The ground shook, frightening the crowd, until miners noticed Iron Ore emerging from the nearby mountain and beneath their feet.
• The terrain changed across Foster Iron Mine, bringing Iron Ore to the surface and making mining safer and easier for the workers.
• The Lava General realized the miracle had transformed the mine, while a large number of Worm Monsters burst from the ground.
• Black-ore cages appeared and trapped the Worm Monsters beside the Mithril cages, and the Lava General continued the ritual.

Roger and the Magic Goddess watched the Technology God’s miracle at the Foster Iron Mine spread across the Magic Net, stunning viewers across the continent. Viscount Rost and his researchers began planning bolder Magitech Industry development, while Roger and the Magic Goddess left to pursue their other purpose in the mortal world.

• Roger withdrew his divine power after moving the Foster Iron Mine’s resources to the surface, and the Magic Goddess suggested watching what happened next.
• People recorded and shared the mine’s transformation on the Magic Net, where viewers marveled at the miracle and debated the mine’s size.
• Viscount Rost saw the news and began arranging expanded steel production and development across the Southlands.
• The Apprentice showed the Wild Mage the miracle, prompting him to reconsider how much iron they needed to conserve while designing Magitech Vehicles.
• Roger and the Magic Goddess left the Foster Iron Mine to pursue their other purpose in the mortal world.

Roger and the Magic Goddess investigated the Tulip Kingdom and discovered that most of it existed in the Spirit Realm rather than reality. They entered by a hidden path and found trees whose roots connected the kingdom to locations across the real world, leaving Roger wondering why Lady Dream had needed an outside port.

• Roger and the Magic Goddess arrived at the Dawn Kingdom’s northeastern corner and decided to inspect the Tulip Kingdom’s port before going farther.
• Roger realized that nearly all of the Tulip Kingdom was a Spirit Realm world, while only its port existed in reality.
• At the port, the pair found an ordinary-looking town but sensed the unfamiliar energy associated with the black-robed people.
• Roger and the Magic Goddess avoided the false road inland and entered the Tulip Kingdom by a hidden path through the Void.
• Roger discovered that the kingdom’s varied trees were connected by their roots to real-world locations, and wondered why Lady Dream had maintained an outside port.

Roger and the Magic Goddess explored the Spirit Realm, where Roger conceived a plan for a vast Virtual Divine Kingdom powered by users’ spare brainpower. After equipping themselves with Anchor Badges to cross a strange, devouring mountain, they encountered black-clad figures patrolling the flowing hills.

• Roger proposed building a Virtual Divine Kingdom that could use the surplus brainpower of its users to support its computing needs.
• The Magic Goddess pointed out a huge, fluorescent mountain whose shifting body could absorb things from reality unless they carried a special anchor.
• Roger revealed Anchor Badges, handed them out, and led the Magic Goddess into the mountain while the Book followed.
• Roger and the Magic Goddess walked across the dreamlike, flowing hills and spotted black-clad figures patrolling them.
• The Magic Goddess suggested capturing one of the figures to ask what was happening.

Roger and the Magic Goddess captured the Night Watchers and learned how the Tulip Kingdom had been isolated for three thousand years. The chapter left Roger questioning Lady Dream’s fate and the Night Watchers’ claims about the Nightmare invasion.

• Roger and the Magic Goddess subdued the black-clad Night Watchers and examined their unfamiliar energy, which they identified as Source Power.
• Roger questioned the Night Watchers about the Tulip Kingdom, their power, and the ban on outside Legendary Mages entering.
• A Night Watcher explained that Lady Dream had contacted a signal from another world three thousand years earlier, entered it, and never returned.
• The Night Watcher said Nightmares had invaded the Tulip Kingdom, grown stronger over time, and driven the survivors to patrol the kingdom as the Night Watchers.
• Roger wondered whether Lady Dream was dead, how the Night Watchers had survived for three thousand years, and whether they were truly fighting an outside invasion.

Roger and Shu learned that the Tulip Kingdom’s Legendary residents had gained endless lifespans from Lady Dream but were bound to the island, while Dreamweavers sustained the kingdom in her absence. After Roger erased the residents’ memories and sent them back to patrol, he and his companions continued deeper and spotted a strange upside-down clock tower.

• Shu questioned a man in black, who revealed that the Tulip Kingdom’s Legendary residents could live indefinitely but would die if they were away from the island at midnight.
• The man in black said the kingdom had just over seventy Legendary experts and no priests, and explained that Dreamweavers gathered dream energy to keep the kingdom stable.
• Roger ordered the Magic Goddess to erase the residents’ memories and return them to their patrols, since they might be needed if an outside force invaded.
• Roger and his companions continued down the narrow path and saw an upside-down clock tower suspended in the sky and bound by iron chains.

Roger and the Magic Goddess entered the Tulip Kingdom, a bizarre city inhabited entirely by transcendents, to investigate its people and powers. Roger discovered that its clock tower reset everyone within earshot to the previous day, trapping them in a repeating cycle.

• Roger and the Magic Goddess surveyed the strange city and saw that every resident was a transcendent.
• The Magic Goddess asked whether they should explore or confront the city's strongest forces, and Roger chose to investigate first.
• Roger sensed that the clock tower altered visitors' perceptions and identified it as the region's core.
• Roger explained that Lady Dream had made the clock tower a divine artifact that reset everyone within its range to their state from the day before.