Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-93.219.28.182-20141102223928/@comment-6697950-20141103131739

The web novel ended with Alicization and no more arcs were written after that (unless you count the incomplete Cradle of the Moon which was meant to be a standalone kind of story). That does not mean that the author can't create a new arc that wasn't in the web novel. He did create a new Progressive series that wasn't part of the original web novel (though he does first publish the stories for that series on the web before handing it over to Dengeki and removing the web version), so there is a chance that the story will continue in one way or another. It all depends on whether the author decides to continue or not or, possibly, whether someone (fans, publisher etc.) persuades him to continue.

And my question could be rephrased as "Why threat instead of thread? Is someone threatening you?" :P