The Rise of the Black Plain

The journey back to the Spiritual World passed through five galaxies, 11 solar systems, and a total of 23 planets.

The first part of the journey was between the Artificial Moon and the galaxy, where the group would be able to travel to the galaxy where The Adamant Land was located.

There was no spaceship that could take them directly to the galaxy where the Mechanic Empire was born, but there was a place that could take magical creatures to the galaxy where the solar system of The Adamant Land was located.

From that place to The Adamant Land, the robot in Minos' group was sure it could lead them to their homeland.

From there, they could return to the Spiritual World through the universal wormhole that this empire had created for Minos and Ruth's home planet.

According to the robot, once they reach the galaxy where his home planet is, the journey will be quite safe for them. The problems would be before that, i.e., the two journeys they would make in spaceships belonging to unknown powers.

The first part of this journey, from the Artificial Moon, would take them most of the way through 3 galaxies, where they would stop to unload and recharge their spaceships on a total of 11 planets.

After that, their other journey would take them through two more galaxies and 11 planets in 6 different solar systems.

These two journeys would be the most dangerous because, at each stop, they would have access to places of a higher level than their home planets, where there were Sovereigns and beings interested in acting against beings from higher-level cultivation worlds.

"If all goes well, we can reach the Spiritual World in 115 weeks after leaving the Artificial Moon." The robot said after calculating the data from the station they were at.

After all, it wasn't a 'long' journey. Their waiting time on this island would be almost as long as the journey itself!

"However, there may be problems along the way that require more time for us to get there. In that case, the journey to our destination could take much longer." Minos muttered, considering how unlikely it was that they would reach the Spiritual World without encountering any problems along the way.

"Sigh, but it's better than nothing. At least now we have an idea of when we'll be able to go home." Ruth commented, clenching her fists in anticipation of seeing her family again.

Minos nodded positively. "Yes, in five years, we can be back on our planet and quickly resolve the War of the Worlds...

Let's not dwell on what bad things might happen on our journey. Let's find out more about this island and find a good place to prepare. The remaining time will be enough to improve our strength a bit more.

Depending on the places we pass on the way, it's possible that you'll all increase your levels again by the time we reach The Adamant Land.

They nodded to Minos and then left with him to look for information about Gunaway Refuge, the places that might be interesting for them to visit during their stay there, and also where they could do missions and other things.

Since they would be staying there for several months, it might be interesting for the group to get some jobs to collect more coins and prepare well for their departure from Zocarro.

They thought they had enough to pay for the spaceship trip to the place where they would change spaceships to go to the galaxy of The Adamant Land. However, they would need other financial resources when they reach that point.

The best way to do this was to get a lot of Qilnats on this island, and once they were on the Artificial Moon, find beings from that stopover point to exchange Qilnats for financial and cultivation resources compatible with that part of their journey.

Although the line at the Artificial Moon wasn't as long as the one at the Gunaway Refuge, they would have to wait there for a few months because their companions would be on the island for weeks after the first of them left. Therefore, they planned to gather resources and cultivate in the time remaining before their departure.

They would soon learn more about the island, the interesting places to farm, the best places to trade, and places to exchange resources and information.

One of the things they needed to learn was the languages of the worlds they would pass through on their journey, so as not to be tricked.

Thus began their journey to the magnificent island of Gunaway Refuge!

...

In the blink of an eye, 300 days have passed since Minos' party arrived at Gunaway Refuge.

In just 300 days, the group's robot had advanced to level 103, while Ruth was getting closer and closer to the peak of the 10th level.

According to Ruth's feelings, the group expected her to enter the Divine Journey in no more than two years, which would most likely be at the beginning of their journey after the Artificial Moon.

Meanwhile, Minos was holding back his progress to level 100, having stopped cultivating months ago when he reached the maximum limit he could go without causing an accidental breakthrough.

Since then, he had only cultivated to replenish his energy when he spent it on missions on the island, which had become his main pastime in this place.

During that time, the group didn't face any local challenges except for the missions that some of them had undertaken. As mentioned earlier, Gunaway Refuge was a very well-organized and safe place. There was little trouble on the island.

Because of this, the group's year there had been extremely peaceful, and they had taken the opportunity to gather resources for relatively simple tasks while they built up their forces.

This time was enough for them to learn four new languages and acquire various resources and items that they could use in the worlds they would pass through in the near future.

Meanwhile, they could only wait for the moment when they would leave this place to finally leave this solar system for the Artificial Moon.

Minos and Ruth thought daily about the Spiritual World and how much time had passed on their home planet since the beginning of the War of the Worlds.

When they left, they had planned to be away from home for a maximum of 20 years. But for them, it would soon be 50 years away from their family.

How much time has passed for the people in the Spiritual World?

They had no idea, but they were about to learn!

...

While Minos' group waited to leave Zocarro, today in the Spiritual World, it had been 11 years since Minos, Ruth, and their crew of dozens of companions had left that world.

Today, their planet is divided between three different civilizations, with the central continent currently being the last refuge of the race of humans.

But it was in danger!

At that time, Abby had moved to the area of the former Evergreen Empire, where she and her companions were defending their continent from the aliens of Irpoll!

Irpoll had already completely taken over the Divine Continent and had begun to dominate the Continent of Beasts. Now, only the Central Continent remained untouched!