Chapter Summaries

“Odd Coin” Ayr saw the success of ready-made clothes from Rost Territory and planned to build textile mills and garment factories using traditional materials. Viscount Rost sent him detailed machinery and factory plans, leaving Ayr aware that other nobles were racing to enter the industry too.

• Ayr and his steward discussed how Rost Territory’s factories were supplying fashionable clothes to shops across the empire.
• Ayr proposed using cotton and linen, along with Magitech machinery, to mass-produce affordable clothing.
• Ayr decided to persuade nobles to plant cotton by promising to buy their harvests at higher prices and inviting them to invest in factories.
• Ayr contacted Viscount Rost, who sent detailed information about textile machinery and plans for building factories.
• Viscount Rost explained that other merchants had already asked about textile production, making Ayr feel urgency to act.

Odd Coin Ayr ordered a massive supply of Magitech Devices after Viscount Rost explained that cotton production would determine the scale of his factory, setting off plans that could accelerate industrialization in the Graycastle Empire. Meanwhile, Rost oversaw the Southlands’ mechanized farming and summoned a flying mage to film the work.

• Odd Coin Ayr asked Viscount Rost how large a factory to build and explained that he could attract substantial investment in the Graycastle Empire.
• Viscount Rost advised Odd Coin Ayr to base his factory’s scale on cotton production rather than buy machinery that might sit idle.
• Odd Coin Ayr ordered three times his initial estimate of Magitech Devices and planned to spread word of his large cotton purchases.
• Viscount Rost warned that cotton growers might profit in the first year but face unsold crops later, while their expansion could spur industrialization or create industrial workers from refugees.
• Viscount Rost watched agricultural Magitech Machinery rapidly prepare farmland and plant Golden Ear Grain across the Southlands.
• Viscount Rost summoned a mage capable of flight and ordered the mage to film the agricultural Magitech Devices from the sky.

Viscount Rost shared aerial footage of Magitech Tractors cultivating vast fields, drawing widespread attention and inquiries from nobles. After seeing the video, Odd Coin Ayr recognized the machinery’s importance and hurried to request an audience with the Graycastle Emperor.

• A mage filmed Magitech Tractors from the sky, capturing their scale and speed as they tilled the land.
• Viscount Rost praised the mage, then edited the aerial and ground footage together and posted it on the Magic Net.
• Viewers marveled at the machinery, and nobles privately messaged Viscount Rost to ask about prices and delivery.
• Odd Coin Ayr’s daughter showed him the video, and he watched Viscount Rost’s footage himself.
• Odd Coin Ayr realized the Agricultural Magitech Machinery outperformed what he had expected and decided to seek an audience with the emperor.

Odd Coin Ayr told the Graycastle Emperor how magical textile and agricultural machines could transform the empire, and the two discussed the risks and benefits of industrial reform. Meanwhile, Viscount Rost and Labuliekang used Magic Net sales data to plan shipments of Golden Merchants' Guild goods, until an announcement appeared to every Magic Net user.

• Odd Coin Ayr set aside his doubts about the consequences of industrialization and resolved to accelerate the coming changes.
• Odd Coin Ayr met the Graycastle Emperor and explained the Textile Magitech Device, agricultural magitech devices, and the effects of magitech factories.
• The Golden Merchants' Guild's stockings sold especially well, and Viscount Rost reviewed regional sales data showing different preferences for colors and sizes.
• Viscount Rost and Labuliekang planned to tailor future shipments to regional sales, with special attention to fast-selling and unsold items.
• An announcement appeared before every Magic Net user.

The Magic Net announced online banking, parcel tracking and delivery, livestreams, and shopping features, then promoted a major auction in five days. The announcement sparked excitement across the continent, while Nidhogg ordered Dragonkind to ensure excellent service and personally planned a promotional video promising free next-day delivery for auction purchases.

• The Magic Net announced the launch of Great Dragon Online Bank, Great Dragon Express, livestreaming, auctions, and showcases.
• Users discussed how the new services would enable online purchases and make transactions safer and easier.
• A user pointed out that the auction in five days would attract top experts and nobles, prompting people to consider bidding or offering items.
• Nidhogg ordered Dragonkind staff at both companies to maintain service quality and avoid mistakes.
• Nidhogg decided to film a video promising free delivery of all auction items to buyers anywhere on the continent within one day.

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.