The Rise of the Black Plain

As he approached his observers, Minos received congratulations from his guards and the elders of the Gray Clouds Sect.

The women of his family and his wives also congratulated him on his improvements, all of them smiling in joy at the point he had reached.

Minos was currently around his 39th birthday, but even at such a young age, he had already reached level 70, which his mother had only reached after she had passed the age of 100. So besides his unusual abilities, the fact that he was so young and strong was an added point that made people like Patience extremely happy.

Because of the combination of high level plus low age, she thought that, unlike her and Oswald, Minos would be able to pass level 70 with relative ease in the future.

And that was no small thing for them, who had grown up in a state where only the emperor had such a possibility!

"Very well, Minos. With your current strength, Oswald and I no longer need to worry about you. You can lead the sect and your empire with relative peace of mind." That woman next to Maisie said that to him.

"Hmm." Maisie nodded, standing quietly beside her mother.

"Your Majesty, what should we do now? With your strength, I believe we will resolve Vogel's situation once and for all, no?" That level 79 Spiritual Saint asked, eager for some action.

He had recently reached that level, so he wanted to go out and battle opponents to test his new characteristics.

He had not advanced a step, but after so long at level 78, such advancement was enough for him to feel very different.

Minos continued with his arms around Abby and Ruth's waists and said. "Yes, I intend to do that, to visit Rosser, Albano, and Blackrock, but also to observe the situation of the Saints Killing Sect."

"Mortimer is pursuing the 9th stage, so we must observe him. The first thing he will try to do if he succeeds will be to seek revenge."

After those words, everyone there became more serious, feeling that this was indeed a problem they could not ignore, so they lost their momentary good humor.

At that instant, Oswald finally returned from where he had fallen and said. "What do you intend to do against him in case he succeeds? It is difficult to fight a Spiritual Sage while you are only a Spiritual Saint."

Minos nodded positively and said. "We only have the numbers in our favor. But it won't be so easy for him to act against us. I have some ways to make his actions more difficult."

"In any case, we have nothing to do but keep training hard."

"Hmmm." Everyone there agreed, thinking about the improvements the Black Plain Empire had gone through in the past few months.

The Spiritual Saints who had come here before these 20 months had improved one level of cultivation each, but the Spiritual Emperors from the Flaming Empire had also improved greatly.

A few, already close to breakthroughs at the time, even achieved two consecutive breakthroughs.

That was the case with Kara Carline, who was currently at level 65.

But many of the level 69 Spiritual Emperors at that time had become level 70 Spiritual Saints. Because of these individuals who had advanced, the number of 8th-stage cultivation experts in the Black Plain had jumped in this period.

There were just over 70 Gray Clouds Sect Spiritual Saints who had already come from the Flaming Empire to this state at this cultivation stage. But of the thousands of Spiritual Emperors who had reached the northern region more than two years ago, more than 150 of them had reached level 70.

Because of this, currently, the Black Plain Empire has almost 240 8th-stage cultivators distributed across this state!

As for the Spiritual Emperors of this state, apart from those who came from the Gray Clouds Sect, there were currently more than 10,000 in the entire Black Plain. Of these individuals, 730 were old soldiers of the Black Plain Army and 1,200 new soldiers who had joined the force in these months.

The total number of soldiers in the army had also jumped in this period, doubling in numbers to over 15 million men.

Many more spiritual professionals had joined this force than the number of such professionals that had existed there before this period, with all of them significantly advanced in this period. Because of these improvements, everyone there knew that they had the potential to keep improving, and that was the only alternative to facing any threat in their path.

"In any case, let's focus on what's closest to us and leave it to resolve these threats when they show themselves." Minos said as he looked at the damaged surroundings of his palace, feeling that he had caused more chaos than he had planned.

"But Your Majesty, in 2 months, there will be a meeting between sect masters in Payton. What do you intend to do? The imperial family will wish to see you there for sure." That elder next to Oswald and Patience said that.

"Hmm, that is true," Gloria commented. "You should also take the opportunity to finalize that matter with my family."

Minos heard this and said. "Hmm, I will go to the Flaming Empire to solve those problems after paying a visit to Vogel."

With those words, Minos dismissed those people, leaving his family in the imperial palace while following Oswald and the level 79 Spiritual Saint out of that city.

Oswald had already said what he should say to his family, and now it was time for him to leave for the Flowers Kingdom to try to fulfill his promise to the Edwardstone family's elders.

With that, soon, the three individuals were outside the security perimeter of Dry City, flying over the local airspace near one of the several local surveillance turtles.

"So you're really going to do this?" Minos questioned his grandfather one last time.

"Yes, I should at least try." He said as he clapped one of his hands on Minos' right shoulder. "Anyway, don't worry about your old man. I'll be fine. For someone my age, it's not as risky to go to that state as someone like you, hehe."

"Those women want young men with potential, like you, not like me. So I have my chances of getting a conversation going before they try to lure me into their games."

That level 79 Spiritual Saint next to grandfather and grandson knew that some of what Oswald was saying was not a lie, but that was obviously a way for this fellow to try to lessen Minos' worries. So he remained silent, feeling that this would be the last time he saw his former sect leader.

"Hmm, the tests aren't quick either. So maybe I will arrive in time to save you two..." Minos commented with a smile, even though he knew his grandfather was hiding part of the truth.

That man was stronger than him and had his own freedom. Besides, he had too many problems in mind to keep trying to stop Oswald from going ahead with this idea.

Hence, Minos no longer questioned him and let Oswald leave the Black Plain after a few more words.