XOMatsumaeohana True, at least, that's what happened to me. 
Privilege program
I do not know of a single person that ONLY reads one book on Webnovel. So I was trying to do some rough cost estimates to compare. See below:
Average Cost of Spirt Stones I purchase each time $19.99 Cost
Average total Spirt Stones I purchase each time 1250 Spirt Stones
Average Price of Book on the Market Price Today $5.95 Average Cost Per Book
Average # Chapters per book: 40 Chapters
Convert to Spirt Stones per Chapter: 15 Spirt Stones Per Chapter
Average cost of Spirt Stones per chapter on Webnovel: 12 Spirt Stones Per Chapter
Average # of chapters per Webnovel book "My Guess" 40 Chapters
Convert to Average reading cost Per Webnovel Book $4.80 Average Cost Per Book
Average Cost of Privilege Status Purchase Per Book 2500 Spit Stones
Cost Per Month Per Book Per Webnovel Prices $49.99 Cost
NOTE: Market Book chapters are on average more lengthy in size. Additionally assuming each book is 40 chapters average.
The repeat monthly costs of $49.99 is a horrendous problem for the consumers. Customers could maybe afford a one time per book expense of additional $49.99 but not monthly. This is my thought and rough math on this major issue. Please oh Please fix it because it is definitely NOT RIGHT.
18 days later
I wanted to catch up with the chapters released for “Empress live stream” but found that all that was unlocked for me were the chapters I 1) already unlocked and 2) already read. Does privilege preview mean from when you last read or from the last chapter before privilege?