The Rise of the Black Plain

A few weeks have passed since Vico arrived in the North Sea...

During this time, the Spiritual World began to learn about the shocking situation in the North Sea and some of the discoveries made by Minos and his crew.

The news didn't spread far enough to reach the low-level cultivators, let alone the world's farthest reaches in terms of the old local alien base.

But some of the world's strongest cultivators from at least two continents were already aware of their drastic situation.

Not only would they have to lead their organizations through an ice age in no more than 20 years. In about 30 years, they would also have to worry about an extraterrestrial enemy coming to the world to dominate or exterminate its living beings.

These extraterrestrial forces were not easy to deal with and were considered tens of times stronger than this entire world!

Consequently, after the first ones from the island, where Minos and his group were still moving to communicate with their leaders, several groups were already aware of the problem and started moving.

Pessimism was the most common feeling among those who knew of the tragic fate of this world. But even without much confidence in the future, most of them were willing to at least try.

If they were going to be enslaved or killed in 30 years anyway, they wanted to at least prepare and try to impose an opposition on their enemies!

Thus, only a few weeks after Vico's breakthrough to level 100, some of the world's major forces began to move in favor of the coalition for the defense of the Spiritual World.

At the same time, Vico's breakthrough to level 100 had gone overlooked by most of the world's top experts, who now had worse things to worry about.

However, the low-level cultivators who were unaware of the imminent destruction of their world's civilization were naturally excited, imagining the revolutions a God would bring in this era.

That was especially true for the people of the Evergreen Empire, where Vico had gone weeks ago after leaving the North Sea under Minos' command.

This state, which had been his enemy for the past few years, was the one that could "suffer" the greatest changes due to his advance. Not only that but since his presence was already known to the local population, hundreds of millions of people were anxious and curious as to what would happen.

...

While the population of the Evergreen Empire was worried about Vico, the blond man was at the headquarters of the local imperial family with his son, whom he had not seen for decades because of Maximilian and Minos.

When Minos returned from the Seraphim Ancient Sarcophagus, Maximilian helped him deal with Vico's heir, who was in the Black Plain Empire at the time to "escort" Emperor Stuart to the Eastern Empire.

Since then, Janus Travisani, currently at level 94, has been held captive in the Evergreen Empire as Maximilian's warranty in the war against Vico.

After so many years, the young man finally saw his father again a few weeks ago when Vico appeared in this city and subdued the forces of the Spiritual Church and the Evergreen Family.

However, Vico hadn't killed anyone on the enemy side, having accepted the local surrender shortly after arriving in the empire's capital.

No one from either the Church or the imperial family had caused him any problems. As someone who had reached level 100, he was practically invincible to Demigods!

Even the fragment of a God's soul was stronger than the power of a level 99 Demigod, so Maximilian's trusted man, who was standing by to defend the area had surrendered without a problem.

The beast that had once nearly killed Minos was now at Vico's side, serving this man with a kindness rarely seen in level 99 Demigods.

"Your Majesty, is this to your liking?" The whale asked as he poured drinks for Vico. 

Janus stood next to his father and a representative of the Evergreen empire's forces.

In Maximillian's absence, that level 99 beast and one of the local leaders had been the ones running things in the empire. Since Vico's arrival, they had been the ones interacting with this man.

Vico nodded at the beast before turning his attention to his son and the representative of the local leaders. "As I said, you don't need to worry about past affairs. Of course, I won't ask the families of my men who died in the war to forget what happened. 

But I will not take action against this state or order action against this place. I'm only worried about the enemies that will come from the Mechanic Empire."

Janus listened to this alongside the representative of the local leaders, feeling rather bad about the whole thing. He had lived through hell in the past decades, and only after much suffering had he managed to rise a level. 

He wanted to take revenge on Maximilian, the people of the Evergreen Empire, and the Spiritual Church, but most of all on Minos, who was to blame for all his misfortunes.

Unfortunately, after seeing his father again and learning of his old man's magnificent progress to level 100, he also learned of a colossal stone that would prevent him from making the journey he had planned.

On the other hand, while Janus found it difficult to move on without thinking about revenge, the representative of the local forces couldn't help but feel nervous about the local presence of a God, someone who had been his great enemy until recently.

How could he remain calm in such a situation? He already knew about the aliens, and groups from various forces of the empire were already on their way to the North Sea to join the investigation of extraterritorial technologies. But between the distant and near enemies, he still feared the God in front of him!

"Your Majesty, don't take this the wrong way, but the senior has been in our city for weeks. What are you waiting for?" This level 98 man asked very carefully.

"What am I waiting for?" Vico looked in the direction of the headquarters of the Spiritual Church, where the entrance to the Seraphim Spatial Kingdom was.

He felt a different sensation and laughed. "Don't worry, my waiting is coming to an end. In the next few days, I'll meet the one who has kept me waiting for so many days."

...

Meanwhile, in the Seraphim Spatial Kingdom...

Maximilian was on the final step to level 100 at that very moment, his face showing the satisfaction of having reached the peak of cultivation.

Thinking about how he would finally be able to realize all his dreams in just a few days, this man couldn't help but smile as he raised his cultivation to level 100!