The chaos in Europe gradually subsided within a few months.
Because the remnants of the old era were numerous and stubborn, cleaning them up took some time.
During this period, Kiana Kaslana collected improved grain crops from various regions of the Honkai world. She analyzed and modified them further, then used Honkai energy within Ai Enma's world to perform material transmutation and reproduce them.
In ancient times, rebellions mostly arose because of low crop yields and oppressive rulers who seized food supplies. Add a few natural disasters, and the starving commoners would have no choice but to revolt.
Solve the food problem, and the rebellion problem would mostly vanish as well.
Kiana Kaslana handed the wheat and barley seeds to Incarnation, and the rice seeds to Ai Enma.
In the Far East, she selected a little girl named Man Sui.
But the girl had no desire for rebellion or dynastic change—she only wished to live a peaceful life.
Kiana Kaslana did not intervene by taking her place. After all, when the time came for revolution, it would happen naturally.
In the Far East, Ai Enma was the kind who only acted when prompted. Though she would complete every task assigned to her, she lacked initiative.
In contrast, the Europeans were far more proactive.
Kiana Kaslana built prototype modern cities both in the Far East and in Europe.
Using Honkai energy and reality-warping fields, she reshaped the land—buildings rose rapidly from the ground, like the house-creation techniques seen in Naruto.
The buildings were done.
Next came running water and electricity. Water was manageable, but power—and all the electrical appliances that required it—was another matter.
Electricity and such devices were the true keys to modern urbanization.
These would have to be replicated slowly from the Honkai world—factories built, production lines established.
In Europe, the ruling class was replaced by the Chosen.
Kings, knights, and nobles were abolished. The armies once made of humans were now mostly replaced by zombies and Honkai Beasts.
Without those armies consuming money and food for no reason, taxes could be drastically reduced.
With the emergence of new technologies, the living standards of the common people soared.
Their quality of life rose from the depths of poverty to the heights of comfort in an instant.
That immense contrast made the people's admiration and loyalty toward the Chosen even stronger.
The Chosen could appoint others to various positions, but all officials had to be monitored.
In addition, the Church of Revelation served as an overseer, establishing tribunals to handle different affairs.
Humanity's endless scheming and backstabbing had a way of making simple matters needlessly complicated.
As Kiana Kaslana built her modern cities, she also continued transferring knowledge from the Honkai world into this one.
Most of it was civilian technology—she deliberately withheld military-related knowledge.
Commoners were not permitted to freely develop or use firearms or any other thermal weapons.
Using any firearm exceeding 1.33 foot-pounds of power without a profession or license was strictly illegal.
After all, she was already providing them with everything—they didn't need to tinker recklessly.
If she needed any kind of advanced weaponry, she could simply copy it herself at any time.
For now, the main goal was to develop industrial infrastructure.
Under Kiana Kaslana's accelerated civilization plan, the technological revolution advanced at an explosive pace.
After all, the answers were being directly handed to humanity.
All they had to do was copy them carefully—no need for research, exploration, or experimentation.
From time to time, she would even use Honkai energy to resolve problems that current science could not yet overcome.
She was already helping this much.
If progress still wasn't fast enough, then humanity deserved extinction!
In one of the newly built semi-modern cities—
At the city center stood a great cathedral.
Inside, Kiana Kaslana lectured to a hall packed with people, each holding notebooks and pens, diligently taking notes.
Gathered here were Europe's brightest minds, including several historical figures such as Kepler and Galileo.
"Alright, that's all for today. If anyone has questions, ask them now."
"Wise Angel, is the planet beneath our feet the center of the universe?"
Kiana Kaslana turned toward the man who had stood up to ask the question.
"You are Bruno—the one who advocates heliocentrism."
"Yes, Lord Angel," he replied respectfully.
"This planet is not the center of the universe."
Because astronomical knowledge had little practical use for now, Kiana Kaslana had never bothered to explain it before.
Hearing her words, Bruno's expression lit up with excitement. The heliocentric theory was correct—the planet was not the center of the universe.
"The Sun is not the center either."
"What?!"
Bruno's excitement froze. If neither Earth nor the Sun were the center, then what was?
"See for yourselves."
Kiana Kaslana snapped her fingers casually. The surrounding environment shifted into outer space.
Of course, she hadn't actually teleported them into space—it was an illusion, a kind of mental projection.
Planets, the solar system, the Milky Way, the local galactic group—each expanded in scale, from small to immense.
When the view zoomed out to the Milky Way, the solar system was marked—a tiny glowing speck.
The crowd was overwhelmed by the vastness of the cosmos, completely awestruck.
None of them noticed that Kiana Kaslana had quietly opened subspace and left.
Back in Ai Enma's world, she still had an unresolved problem—the detestable human-faced spider.
Kiana Kaslana intended to reinforce its infernal seal, ensuring the creature's avatar could never escape from Hell again.
The rapid rise of the Chosen across Europe had elevated divine authority to the highest level.
To prevent the resurgence of old-world abominations like the human-faced spider, she made a special proclamation:
In this world, there existed only two descending angels—herself and Sirin. All others were merely monsters born from the sins of humanity.
As Europe developed rapidly, it quickly adapted to the rocket-speed rise of a new era. Fleets were dispatched to nations across the world for diplomacy and trade.
Alongside them went missionaries of the Church of Revelation, spreading the faith of the Chosen, the divine messengers, and the angels.
In the Far East, the missionaries who preached that Ai Enma was a Chosen destined to unify the East were suppressed and expelled by the Shogunate, which also restricted foreign diplomacy and trade.
The Shogunate's actions enraged Europe.
How dare they!
To obstruct the Church of Revelation's preaching—that was courting death.
The Chosen Iron Maiden personally led four warships, while the other Chosen each dispatched two or three. They sailed into Edo Bay, unleashing Seraph-class Honkai Beasts to bombard the Shogunate's strongholds.
According to the new rules Kiana Kaslana had established, the forces of the Chosen could not randomly attack one another. If conflicts arose, they were to be mediated through the Church of Revelation.
If mediation failed—then strength would determine justice.
However—
This rule applied only to the Chosen. For those outside their ranks, anything went.
The Shogunate, clearly not part of the Chosen's order, was swiftly crushed.
Ai Enma, uninterested in outside affairs, ignored the situation until a pile of official documents requiring her approval was placed before her.
Wearing a black embroidered kimono, she sat kneeling on the tatami mat, her face expressionless as she looked at the documents. "Why do I suddenly have so much paperwork to handle lately?"
"Miss, you're the only Chosen in our land," her attendant replied.
Ai Enma frowned. "And what does that have to do with me being a Chosen?"
"Miss, haven't you heard? All the daimyō of the Far East have pledged allegiance to you."
"..."
When did that happen? Why didn't anyone tell me?
After some questioning, she learned that the other factions in the Far East, wishing to avoid foreign invasions and to secure trade privileges, had all declared allegiance to her.
Unwittingly, Ai Enma had become the supreme ruler of the Far East.
All matters of governance now fell to her.
Though she technically ruled the region, she rarely involved herself in administration.
Many of the daimyō who had sworn allegiance still acted as they always had—paying lip service while clinging to their own power.
The rest of the world, however, was a different story.
Nations that were not destroyed were absorbed into the new rules of the game.
Without a Chosen, a country had no voice on the global stage—no share in the world's benefits, no protection, and no right to resist.
Unless special circumstances applied, only powers under the Chosen could conduct diplomacy and trade with one another. This was one of Kiana Kaslana's laws.
Without the right to trade or negotiate, yet still desiring resources—if one's opponents were weaker and unprotected by the Chosen's rules—
What could they do?
They could only fight.
Eventually, all lands not under the rule of a Chosen were designated as no-man's land—subject to plunder and colonization.
Until, of course, a local Chosen emerged to claim them.