Chapter Summaries

Roger and the Magic Goddess investigated a Magic Runes shop in the distorted city and discovered it served only Legendary-level customers. The shop puppet revealed that the same people had bought runes for three thousand years, and the Magic Goddess asked whether its master was one of the city's Legendary Mages.

• Roger and the Magic Goddess entered a strangely shaped Magic Runes shop while the Floating Rune book stayed hidden.
• The puppet clerk said the shop had received only one other pair of unfamiliar customers in three thousand years and served only Legendary-level experts.
• Roger questioned the puppet about invasions and wars, and it said the same customers always came and the number of transcendents had not changed.
• The Magic Goddess asked whether the puppet's master was one of the city's Legendary Mages, and Roger reacted with sudden interest.

Roger and the Magic Goddess investigated the Tulip Kingdom’s magical-creature-run shops and learned that Lady Dream had left them operating for three thousand years. They suspected the shops were preparing for war, then set out to find the kingdom’s decision-makers.

• Roger questioned a puppet shopkeeper, who said Lady Dream was its master but that it had never seen Her since gaining sentience.
• The Magic Goddess searched the shop and found no runes unfamiliar to Her.
• Roger and the Magic Goddess visited more than a dozen shops, all operated by nearly identical magical creatures.
• The Magic Goddess observed that magical creatures controlled every important area, and the book suggested they were mass-producing supplies for a possible war.
• Roger decided they should find the people with authority in the Tulip Kingdom, whose residents were bound to remain inside the kingdom when the Clocktower rang each night.

Roger and the Magic Goddess questioned Littlefinger, a Legendary Mage in the Tulip Kingdom, about its origins and the gods who had visited it. Littlefinger revealed that the God of Wine had taken the Dream God's Vanity Mirror and the War God had taken the Tulip Spirit, a divine artifact sustaining the world's dreams.

• Roger and the Magic Goddess went to the mushroom-like building to question the Legendary residents of the Tulip Kingdom one by one.
• Littlefinger welcomed them, saying he had expected gods to arrive, and introduced himself as an alchemist who specialized in turning stone into gold.
• Littlefinger said the God of Wine had visited more than a thousand years earlier to invite the goddess to a banquet, then broke into her residence and took her Vanity Mirror.
• Littlefinger said the War God later sent an avatar, promised to train war priests, and planned to explore the world beyond the Tulip Kingdom, but no priests arrived and the War God Church was destroyed.
• Littlefinger revealed that the War God had openly taken the Tulip Spirit, the goddess's powerful artifact that sustained the dreams of the entire world.

Roger pieced together the history of Lady Dream’s disappearance, the Tulip Spirit, and the War God’s plan, then revealed that he was the Technology God and his companion was the Magic Goddess. Littlefinger explained that Lady Dream had left no clues about the world beyond the rift, and Roger learned that the Tulip Kingdom could be inherited through the Tulip Spirit, though doing so meant guarding the rift.

• Roger reconstructed how Lady Dream followed a signal from another planet through a rift, and how the Tulip Spirit later issued a bounty after the God of Wine stole her Vanity Mirror.
• Littlefinger explained that the War God had taken the Tulip Spirit and planned to devour the gods, but had never returned to help the Tulip Kingdom before he was killed.
• Roger asked whether Lady Dream had left any information, and Littlefinger first recalled her assurance that she would always exist while people dreamed.
• Roger identified himself as the Technology God and his companion as the Magic Goddess, shocking Littlefinger into recalling his faith in magic.
• Littlefinger said Lady Dream had left no clues about the other world, but revealed that the Tulip Kingdom could be inherited through the Tulip Spirit at the cost of defending the rift.
• Roger considered the possibility of using the Tulip Spirit’s authority but deferred deciding whether to take responsibility for the unstable Tulip Kingdom.

Roger questioned Littlefinger and several other Legendary powerhouses about the Tulip Kingdom and learned that its residents wanted a new master to end their endless cycle of death and revival. He considered taking the Dream God's remaining authorities to combine with his technology authorities, and the chapter left him preparing to face the enemies beyond the rift.

• Littlefinger explained that the Tulip Kingdom's people feared their daily deaths and hoped a new god would take control of the kingdom.
• Littlefinger told Roger that mastering the Dream God's authorities could let him influence mortals through their dreams and gain a new divine office.
• Roger sent Littlefinger back to his room and questioned a female Legendary Mage, who gave nearly the same account.
• Roger questioned several more Legendary powerhouses and found that most gave similar answers, though some enjoyed the battles and their ability to revive.
• Roger told the Magic Goddess that the Dream God's authorities would complement his technology authorities, and he argued that the monsters beyond the rift would threaten the mainland regardless.

Roger and the Magic Goddess assessed the danger behind the signal and questioned every Legendary on the platform, confirming the accounts of the Evernight Dome incident. Roger decided to pursue the Dream God's authority in the clock tower while sending creations to investigate beyond the rift, leaving the other Legendaries behind to wonder whether he would succeed.

• The Magic Goddess explained that the signal and gateway had already drawn them into a dangerous struggle with unknown civilizations.
• Roger and the Magic Goddess questioned every Legendary on the platform and heard consistent accounts of the Stargazers, Lady Dream, the God of Wine, the War God, another world, and the nightmares.
• Roger chose to seek the Dream God's authority in the clock tower and proposed sending technological life and Magic Life beyond the rift to investigate.
• Roger and the Magic Goddess flew toward the clock tower as the Legendaries emerged from their rooms and debated whether he could reach it and what would happen afterward.

Roger entered Lady Dream’s inverted clock tower and climbed to its ninth floor, where he witnessed a conversation between Lady Dream and an aged Bard about a world like his past life’s. As Lady Dream turned her gaze toward him, Roger was left uncertain whether the scene was a recording.

• Roger used the Spirit Realm Authority to enter the inverted clock tower, shocking the Legends below.
• Roger traversed the tower’s increasingly strange floors by adjusting his use of the Spirit Realm Authority.
• On the ninth floor, Roger saw a purple-shrouded figure he recognized as Lady Dream and heard her speak with an aged Bard.
• The Bard described a world without supernatural powers where Voidspawn emerged and killed nearly all intelligent life.
• The Bard revealed that survivors were spared because the Voidspawn’s god needed faith, and that he had returned from beyond the rift.
• Lady Dream turned her gaze toward Roger as he wondered whether he had witnessed a recording.

Roger watched a recording in which Lady Dream discussed the threatened world beyond the rift and the possibility that Void fed on fear. After meeting the Dreamweavers’ origin, Roger accepted the Spirit Realm Authority, which began merging with his own.

• Roger watched Lady Dream and a ghostlike figure debate whether Void was a god sustained by people's fear and faith.
• The recording ended, and the ghostlike Dreamweaver identified itself as the teacher and origin of all Dreamweavers.
• The Dreamweaver asked Roger to take control of the Dream Authority and gave him a pearl containing Spirit Realm Authority.
• Roger drew the pearl into his hand, and its authority began to merge with his own.

Roger absorbed the Dream God’s authority and learned how her Dreamweavers gathered Faith Power and what they knew about the world beyond the portal. He left the Dreamweavers’ operations unchanged and began considering how to deal with the Voidspawn and discover why Lady Dream never returned.

• Roger absorbed the Dream God’s authority, gaining powers over dreams, reality, sleep, illusions, and dreamwalking.
• Roger learned that Dreamweavers were dream creatures who pulled sleeping people into dreams to collect Faith Power.
• Roger ordered the Dreamweavers to continue operating as before while he considered building a vast shared Spirit Realm.
• The Dreamweaver told Roger that Lady Dream had never returned after entering the world beyond the portal, and that her last message described how to cultivate Source Power.
• The Dreamweaver explained that Voidspawn fed on negative emotions and described how they isolated and terrorized their targets.
• Roger concluded that Voidspawn could be killed and wondered whether Lady Dream’s forces should keep defending or send a small force to investigate.

After the Magic Goddess vanished into the clock tower, Roger and his allies discussed how to prepare for the Voidspawn and protect the Tulip Kingdom. Meanwhile, leaders of the Agricultural Divine Society gathered in anticipation of an operation that could determine whether their faction adapted to the new era.

• The Legendary powerhouses speculated that the Technology God had succeeded and hoped His battle priests would reinforce the Tulip Kingdom.
• The Magic Goddess proposed that the Voidspawn might have been created by the gods of the true world to gather faith or negative emotions.
• Roger agreed to prepare defenses in the Tulip Kingdom and investigate the portal cautiously, while the Dreamweaver advised him to consider reshaping the kingdom.
• The Agricultural Divine Society's high-ranking members gathered near a room and watched the clock as five minutes remained before their operation began.

The Agricultural Divine Society launched its official weather forecast livestream, using continent-wide reports and farming advice to draw a large audience. The first broadcast won viewers’ praise, and the agricultural pope credited the successful production to the Archbishop of Dawn Southlands’s suggestions.

• The agricultural pope inspected preparations for the forecast and provided weather reports compiled by War Priests across human-populated regions.
• The Agricultural Divine Society began its livestream after the News Broadcast from the World Economic News Agency in Rost Territory ended, attracting one hundred thousand viewers.
• A selected priestess introduced the forecast, announcing regional weather conditions and agricultural recommendations, including a warning for Epic City to harvest its wheat before rain.
• Viewers praised the detailed predictions and the host’s changing outfits, while some farmers said they would act on the advice.
• The agricultural pope watched the positive response and raised his opinion of the Archbishop of Dawn Southlands.

The Agricultural Pope celebrated the success of the Agricultural Divine Society’s first weather forecast livestream and planned to use its growing audience to promote agricultural advice and attract believers. The broadcast ended with Agricultural Archbishop Nelson Strauss preparing to explain farming knowledge.

• The Agricultural Pope recalled how the Agricultural Divine Society had struggled to gain a place on the Magic Net and in Magitech development.
• The Agricultural Archbishop of the Dawn Southlands proposed a weather forecast, and the Agricultural Divine Society’s first broadcast drew up to 700,000 simultaneous viewers and over 1.8 million total views.
• The Agricultural Pope suggested that regional societies create Official Accounts and video accounts to share local forecasts and agricultural information.
• The Agricultural Pope and his deputy discussed promoting Farm Chess and other content during the winter.
• The host finished the regional forecasts, encouraged viewers to follow the livestream and Official Account, and introduced Agricultural Archbishop Nelson Strauss.

The Agricultural Divine Society planned to broaden its broadcasts with agricultural market news after its weather forecast attracted Magic Net users. Newsbird Megan proposed a partnership to Viscount Rost, who was stunned by the Society’s sudden popularity.

• The Agricultural Pope accepted his assistant’s idea to report prices and news about important agricultural goods in future broadcasts.
• The Agricultural Divine Society’s weather forecast spread across Magic Space, drawing viewers and followers, including small-estate lords concerned about agriculture.
• Newsbird Megan recognized the value of the forecast and messaged Viscount Rost with a proposal to combine it with the World Economic News Agency’s broadcasts.
• Viscount Rost agreed to raise Megan’s partnership proposal with the Agriculture Association’s Southlands archbishop.
• Viscount Rost saw how many followers the Agricultural Divine Society had gained and was shocked by the weather forecast’s impact.

Viscount Rost and the dragons saw how the Agricultural Divine Society’s weather forecasts had quickly drawn followers, and they considered using Official Accounts to expand their own businesses. The dragons planned new customer services and promotions for the Great Dragon Bank and Great Dragon Express.

• Viscount Rost recognized the value of the Agricultural Divine Society’s free weather forecasts and considered how they might benefit agriculture and his company.
• People discussed the Society’s Official Account on Magic Net Videos, and its follower count rapidly increased as users learned about the free forecasts.
• Nidhogg proposed Official Accounts for the Great Dragon Bank and Great Dragon Express, including deposit rewards, parcel pickup, and package tracking.
• The dragons agreed that Official Accounts and promotional events could attract customers and bring in more deposits.

Roger took control of Lady Dream’s legacy and transformed the Tulip Kingdom into a futuristic city, replacing its strange buildings with skyscrapers and adding a map that revealed intruders. The inhabitants realized the changes would make their defenses safer and allow them to admit verified outsiders.

• Roger inherited Lady Dream’s forces, resources, magic items, runes, and two thousand dreamweavers.
• Roger gathered the Tulip Kingdom’s inhabitants beneath the Inverted Hanging Clock Tower and announced that Lady Dream’s authority had changed hands.
• Roger dismantled the kingdom’s bizarre buildings and replaced them with futuristic skyscrapers and lights.
• Roger displayed a map that marked intruders as red dots, making it easier for the inhabitants to find threats and defend the kingdom.
• A Legendary powerhouse realized that verified outsiders could enter without appearing as intruders on the map.

Roger transformed the Tulip Kingdom into a safe settlement and battlefield staging area, then assigned its Legendary powerhouses to fight incoming Nightmares with support from Tech Battle Priests and Magitech Devices. The gods departed, leaving the powerhouses pleased with their new prospects and expecting to handle the otherworld’s threats themselves.

• The Tulip Kingdom’s residents learned that registration would hide them from the map, while Nightmares escaping a new arena would appear as red dots to be hunted.
• Roger explained that the kingdom would serve as a compact settlement and proposed using its clock-tower square as the revival point.
• Roger summoned the Legendary powerhouses and offered to free them, but they chose to remain under the kingdom’s new rules.
• Roger tasked the Legendary powerhouses with clearing incoming Nightmares and promised them Tech Battle Priests and Magitech Devices as support.
• Roger, the Magic Goddess, and the book vanished, and the Legendary powerhouses celebrated their improved chances against the Nightmares.

Roger returned to the Goddess of Magic's Divine Kingdom and planned new development while preparing to explore another world. At the Foster Iron Mine, the Lava General watched over the captured Worm Monsters until the Wild Mage and other Rost Territory elites arrived by dragon, sick from the flight.

• Book fretted that Roger had taken control of a country without appointing an administrator, but Roger dismissed its concerns and sent it away to develop new Magic Net features.
• Roger and the Magic Goddess agreed to keep advancing the Magic Net and other development, and to create Magic Life and Mechanical Life to scout the other world.
• At the Foster Iron Mine, the Lava General counted more than thirty thousand Worm Monsters and discovered that the Technology God's charcoal-and-vine cage held them despite its flimsy appearance.
• A green dragon arrived carrying the Wild Mage, Apprentice, and other Rost Territory elites, who climbed out of the basket in poor condition after the flight.

The Green Dragon arrived with the Wild Mage and the Apprentice, sampled the Worm Monsters, and found them unpleasant to eat. The group recognized the mine as a miracle of the Technology God and began investigating how the Worm Monsters could serve as industrial resources.

• The Green Dragon explained that the Wild Mage and the Apprentice had become airsick during their journey to the mining area.
• The Lava General offered the Green Dragon a chance to taste the Worm Monsters, and the Wild Mage agreed that he could try a few.
• The Green Dragon ate several Worm Monsters, found them too tough to chew, and suggested Metal Dragons might like their metallic contents.
• The Wild Mage and the others praised the mining area as a miracle of the Technology God after learning it had once been associated with the God of Foster Mine.
• The Lava General described what he knew about the Worm Monsters, and the Apprentice concluded that they were unusual creatures that fed on mine materials but not ordinary food such as plants.

Apprentice found that resilient, carbonized wood could confine the ore-eating Worm Monsters more cheaply than Mithril, and Wild Mage began planning further tests at Foster Iron Mine. The discovery that the monsters’ mucus changed according to what they ate opened up new possibilities for materials, while Lava General’s consciousness departed his body.

• Apprentice explained that carbonized wood could hold the Worm Monsters and make raising them less costly.
• Wild Mage planned to verify the wood cages and test whether different plants produced different results.
• Wild Mage asked Lava General for accommodations with abundant magical power so the team could remain at Foster Iron Mine.
• Apprentice reported that Worm Monsters eating different ores secreted mucus with different properties, including faint traits of Mithril.
• Wild Mage called for further testing to develop a raising guide and identify mucus suited to Magitech Vehicles.
• Lava General suddenly fell asleep as his consciousness left his body and followed his faith into the void.

The Lava General left the Wild Mage in charge of the Iron Ore and led three thousand Battle Priests to the Tulip Kingdom, where he learned that its people now worshipped the Technology God. A Legendary expert guided the force toward the true Tulip Kingdom.

• The Lava General told the Wild Mage that he had received the god's decree to lead three thousand War Priests to the Tulip Kingdom, and left one thousand Battle Priests and the Foster Iron Ore in his care.
• The Wild Mage explained that the Tulip Kingdom included a Dream World whose inhabitants possessed near-immortal traits, and the Lava General revealed that Lady Dream had vanished three thousand years earlier and that the Dream God's authority had returned to their god.
• The Lava General explained the Iron Ore's management duties to the Wild Mage, then departed and later led three thousand Battle Priests toward the Tulip Kingdom.
• After three days, the Lava General and his troops reached a Tulip Kingdom port, where their arrival drew attention from the locals.
• A Legendary expert confirmed that the entire Tulip Kingdom now believed in the Technology God and led the Lava General's force toward the true Tulip Kingdom.