The Rise of the Black Plain

Hearing that level 80 fellow, the leaders of some of the high-level families of the Gray Clouds Sect, patriarch Terry and matriarch Moss, opened their mouths in shock but soon formed smiles on their faces.

"Elder Coleman, you have finally advanced a stage!" Among those people currently at level 78, Ruth's father said that with this amazing fact, he could return to his family's side of the Black Plain Empire.

Not only that, he could return to cultivate in that high-level place and advance in level more easily again!

The elders in the surrounding area were thinking the same thing, seeing that with the arrival of this level 80 man, those of level 78 could finally leave for the Black Plain.

The happiest was precisely patriarch Terry, one of the few beside matriarch Moss who had never gone to the northern region because of their high cultivation level.

They had merely cultivated in the Spatial Kingdom during Minos' short spells in this state since he had revealed the secret of this place to the elders of this sect.

So now, with this man's arrival, they wanted to go as quickly as possible to Minos' domain!

"Elder Coleman, congratulations on your advancement. But now that you are here, I believe we can leave, right?" Patriarch Terry asked, congratulating that man and already thinking about leaving.

He was almost at level 79. He just hadn't advanced because he was holding back his advancement so he could go to the Black Plain sooner.

So he didn't want to wait any longer!

Elder Coleman laughed as he heard here, seeing that his colleagues seemed even happier with his advancement than he was himself.

He knew they were eager to go to the Spatial Kingdom and advance to level 79, so he didn't hold them there.

"Hehe, you can leave it to me. I'll talk to the Edwardstone family. You guys can travel to the Black Plain now."

With those words, half of those people disappeared from there in the blink of an eye, leaving only the level 79 cultivators next to that member of the Coleman family.

All of them had been to the Black Plain Empire recently and knew it would take some time before they could return to that territory.

None of them were in a hurry, and they slowly approached that Spiritual Sage, the first of the Gray Clouds Sect in its history!

"How does it feel to be level 80?" One of the level 79 women there asked.

"The feeling is magnificent..."

They continued this conversation inside the headquarters of the Gray Clouds Sect while the envoys from allies of that organization and the Black Plain Empire in Clouds City were shocked.

Everyone had seen and felt the power of that member of the Gray Clouds Sect, the second native of this empire at the 9th stage currently.

'So Minos succeeded...' A member of the Holy Sect in this place thought to himself, quickly picking up his communicator to send the news to his sect master.

On the other hand, members of the imperial family were also around and were soon sending the recent information to Harold and Isabella!

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Hours later...

Elder Coleman had already met with all the members of his sect currently in the Flaming Empire and received congratulations from everyone.

He wanted to celebrate alongside his old acquaintances. Still, he had to notify the imperial family quickly with his and the elders' shifts going to the Black Plain.

So in the late afternoon of that day, he used his spatial manipulation skills and went to Payton, where the news of his advancement and return to the empire had already arrived.

As he passed through his wormhole near that city, the elder Coleman immediately ran into Harold, who already had the sense and moved to receive him.

"Milo Caleman, I never thought you would reach this level..." Harold said as he approached that brown-haired man, who was smiling at him.

Milo lowered his head and made a gesture of greeting to Harold. "It wasn't only Your Majesty who thought that. But anyway, I was lucky enough to meet His Majesty Minos Stuart and am now a Spiritual Sage, hehe."

"Hmm, Minos really is a pretty capable fellow," Harold commented, sensing how impressive Emperor Stuart was to produce a Spiritual Sage in the Black Plain Empire.

But he did not feel pressured at all. On the contrary, according to Minos and Isabella's agreements, the Black Plain Emperor would take members of the Gray Clouds Sect out of this state, but in exchange, he would put a stronger person there, and the imperial family could command those individuals.

So instead of a competitor like Mortimer, this man in front of him was an ally who would do whatever he asked in case of need.

This elder Coleman just wouldn't do something that would hurt the forces of Minos or the rules of this emperor. But anything beyond that was within Harold's rights!

He liked that and couldn't help but smile as he welcomed that man.

"But anyway, come with me, I want the rest of the family to review it."

Milo smiled, liking what he heard. "But as for..."

"You don't have to say anything. It's about the shift change of you from the Gray Clouds Sect. Right? It's fine. My men have already taken care of the paperwork regarding that." Harold commented as the two flew to the imperial palace.

Milo thanked the imperial family for their action soon after arriving at the imperial throne hall, where Isabella and many high-ranking members were awaiting his arrival.

Isabella was currently at level 76, next to the Empress, level 79, and Harold's second wife, her mother, at level 78.

Several members of this family had grown stronger in recent months with the joint actions with the Black Plain and the emergence of more experts around these territories.

That was not necessarily good for the Black Plains, as they had sponsored forces interfering in Minos' territory. But as allies, they needed to get stronger, and their purchases hardly influenced that fellow's enemies positively.

So several members of that imperial house had gained levels recently, regaining much of the power lost to Mortimer in the recent past.

Milo saw this, but he was already aware of the improvements in the Edwardstone family's power and was not bothered by these people's methods.

It was worth more to the Black Plain Empire that these allies were getting stronger than not sponsoring the invariants and tax debtors for the Stuart family.

Anyway, he soon talked to the high hierarchy of that family, then attended a banquet given to him, where leaders of other sects would appear later to talk with him.

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