I ended up following a suggestion to separate the chapters into 'Volumes,' and well, I tried it my way. I read and responded to all comments, but they are gone now that I have properly categorized the chapters into Volumes.
But I believe that this way, things are more organized and visually appealing (perhaps). Maybe I'll delete this chapter when I post the next 'official' chapter, but I'll leave this message here for now to notify everyone who is reading the work in case they wonder about the lack of comments~